C.R. Kasprzyk
Degradations IV-b
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Jamie Schneider, oboe
Sally Sarles, viola
Mindy Heinsohn, flute
Bonnie Obel, violoncello
Cory Kasprzyk, electronics

Degradations IV-b was written as part of After Now. The Degradations series explores various parameters in a sound mass' desecration, each work approached differently in its compositional process. All works within the series reflect upon the following (taking note of how some things are preventable and asking humanity how they may inhabit the world).

ice -> heat -- water -> cold -- ice
human body -> time -- loss of youth ->
morals/integrity -> culture/society -- degradation of character ->
human -> disease -- death
environment -> human -- ____