One-Page Score Project – Nadina Tandy (score), Stefan Smulovitz (music)

One-Page Score Project – Nadina Tandy (score), Stefan Smulovitz (music)

Acorn

Premiered 19 March 2021 as part of Painting Music – One-Page Score Project presented by Vancouver New Music and Laboratorio.

Notes from Nadina Tandy:
The Oak Tree (original title)

I came to compose my one-page score from an unexpected connection to sound.

While walking on dry Oak leaves, the crunching beneath my feet gave me pause. “Is this a sonic experience?”, I wondered.

This moment was my inspiration for the one-page score.

From the ground I picked up sticks, acorn shells, and leaves to use as mark-making tools for my composition. I dipped the stick in a mix of black and red earth ink and rolled it across the paper. With the acorn shell, I reproduced a circle shape that looked like a note to me. I finished the composition in a wash of Heather Grey. Much of my art practice is allowing room for the unexpected. Using hand-made tools, and being unsure of the marks being produced, brings a sense of exploration. This exploration generates a rawness to the line, which seemed fitting for this experimental collaboration.

– Nadina Tandy