RYAN VIGIL

composer and pianist

7. The Seduction Principle

spoken voice and variable ensemble
13 minutes
1998

Written to accompany a reading by author Gabriel Boyer, this piece employs simple indeterminate techniques to create an environment not uninfluenced by John Cage’s ———, ——— Circus on ———: a means for translating a book into a performance without actors, a performance which is both literary and musical or one or the other.