POLYTOPE

Polytope a multimedia microtonal performance for MIDI quartet. Performed entirely in darkness, it is a mesmerizing dance of silhouettes of fingers over colorful glowing MIDI buttons, captured on live feed video and projected large and bright as a moving, visual score.

Composed by Daniel Corral

Performed by Erin Barnes, Cory Beers, Daniel Corral, and Andrew Lessman.

Daniel Corral is a composer born and raised in Eagle River, Alaska. Now in Los Angeles, his unique voice finds outlet in accordion orchestras, puppet operas, handmade music boxes, microtonal electronics, chamber music, and inter-disciplinary collaborations. Corral’s music has been commissioned and presented by venues such as the Brooklyn Academy of Music, Joe’s Pub, REDCAT, Iceland University of the Arts, Mengi, Harpa Concert Hall, HERE Arts Center, Miami Light Project, Operadagen Rotterdam, Wayward Music, Walt Disney Concert Hall, Hammer Museum, MOCA, Göteborg Art Sound Festival, USC, Center for New Music, Pianospheres, Automata, Machine Project, SASSAS, the wulf., Santa Monica GLOW Festival, UCSD,
and the Carlsbad Music Festival. Corral has been the leading musical voice in Timur and The Dime Museum, whose productions are produced by Beth Morrison Projects, and he has also collaborated with artists such as Anne LeBaron, Vicki Ray, Charles Gaines, Stephen Prina, Wild Up, Isaura String Quartet, Formalist String Quartet, Opera Povera, Dog Star Orchestra, The
Industry LA, Pasadena All Saints Choir, Cudamani, and Sojourn Theatre.

Corral is on the composition faculty at Calarts. Residencies include APPEX, Marin Headlands, I-Park, the Banff Centre, and Djerassi. His music has been released by Populist Records, Orenda Records, Innova Recordings, the wulf. records, and independently. He studied composition with James Tenney and Anne LeBaron.