People In The Home (for solo piano and delay pedal)

Michael Malis

November 1, 2016

Solo, With Electronics

Purchase the score here.

For solo piano and delay pedal
November 2016
Duration: ~11 minutes

A meditation on homes and ghosts.

A month after moving into a new apartment with my then-fianceé Carmen, I turned randomly to a page in the I Ching. The hexagram listed was called "People in the Home". This became a mantra for thinking about spaces -- who occupies them, and what ghosts from previous occupants linger.

I think of this piece as a character study; it's meant to evoke a particular mood more than sound a particular way.

Brought to life masterfully by Sonya Belaya.

Michael Malis

October 9, 2015

Collaborative, With Electronics

Warped and Wept (Multidisciplinary Performance Piece)

Michael Malis

October 9, 2015

Collaborative, With Electronics

October 2015

Co-developed, co-composed, and performed by Michael Malis, Matthew Daher, and Costa Kazaleh Sirdenis

Instrumentation: piano, drumset, live electronics, text

Warped and Wept is a performance piece that draws on hour‐long conversations with 8 masculine‐identifying Detroit interviewees of various backgrounds and ages. Audio excerpts from their intimate articulations about their relationship with masculinity and with crying are interwoven with live improvised music, movement, animation, installation, and electroacoustic sound design.

Developed through an Artist Hub Residency at the Carr Center, Detroit MI

Performed at the Carr Center, Burdock (Toronto), and La Plante (Montréal).