This is a piece about doing too much...

Each

musician

has a game

in front of them.

Each game has two

states that affect what

and how the musician will

play: one state occurs when the

game is well maintained, and the other

state occurs when the game falls into disrepair.

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As our subject seeks out more games to add to their

ever-growing list of responsibilities, they realize far

too late that they cannot maintain everything.

There exists such a thing as too much.

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This is a piece about games,

and about how there

are too many for

one person

to enjoy

them

all.

Links: Score

Upper video recorded by Ensemble Dal Niente (dalniente.com) in Theatro São Pedro during the São Paulo Contemporary Composers Festival (spccfestival.com)

Lower video performed by David Carlton Adams (electric guitar, davidcarltonadams.com), Max Eidinoff (piano, maxeidinoff.com), Ryo Hasegawa (conductor, hasegawaryo.com), Tyler Jordan (actor, tylerjordancomposer.com), Alberto Macias (cello), Luis Ozoria (trumpet, luisozoriamusic.com), and Mary Price (french horn, marypricecompositions.com). This performance is from Cameron's Master's recital in Griswold Hall at the Peabody Institute of The Johns Hopkins University on February 17th, 2023.