ETUDE @ NNOI
Saturday 11 July 2026 @ 16:30
nnoi.de
the whole concert is informed by the text for the piece “One More Useless Idea”
‘Start with nothing / let it become something / a lot.’
tonal centre = low G (ca.50 Hz / 100 / 200 Hz etc)
total duration ca.55 minutes
Part 1: Tutti – duration ca.20 minutes
all pieces connected seamlessly
01) “Multiple Silences Posture Simultaneity Piece”
setting up consciously – timed to 3 minutes (visible stopwatch – ipad)
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01_multiple_silence.pdf
02) “Reverence”
revering one’s instrument before playing, without much sound (but some playing OK)
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02_reverence.pdf
03) “One Note Once”
5 separate single Gs in succession – dynamics can vary
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03_one_note_once.pdf
04) “The Art of No Art #95”
1, 1 – 2, 1 – 2 – 3 etc on G
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04_#95.pdf
05) “Pulse (Polyphony)”
most important is to get into it and keep going / grooving – moving away from G
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05_pulse_polyphony.pdf
06) “Life’s A Joke”
canon, also with singing, in G
[DOWNLOAD SCORE] ↓
06_lifes_a_joke.pdf
[REHEARSAL RECORDING] ↓
rehearsal in Berlin – 22 June 2026 – Eleni, Hilary, Martin, Theresa
pieces 01) – 06) + “Reverse”, “Calling Om!”, “Electrick Hummmmmmmmmmmm”
Part 2: Solo’s + Duos – duration ca.20 minutes
each solo/duo cross-fades in the next one – each piece ca.4 minutes
07) “Notes of the Instruments Reality”
Giannis solo – repeated riff with variations – in G
[DOWNLOAD SCORE] ↓
07_notes_of_the_instruments_reality.pdf
[RECORDING] ↓ Matt Hannafin – percussion
08) “Feelings (a music)”
Hilary + Theresa duo – mutliphonics, singing and playing
[DOWNLOAD SCORE] ↓
08_feelings_(a_music).pdf
[RECORDING] ↓ ETUDE
concert at Werkhalle Wiesenburg, 28 July 2023
Hilary Jeffery, Theresa Patzschke, Simon Rose
[RECORDING] ↓ Philip Corner – alphorn
09) “Reverse” – Martin solo
“virtuosic” !
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09_reverse.pdf
10) “Microtonal Memory 1 – Polymelody”
Eleni + Hilary duo – melodic spiel – landing on G
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10_microtonal_memory_1_polymelody.pdf
[RECORDING] ↓ Hilary Jeffery, Eleni Poulou
11) “One Note More Than Once”
Eleni solo – on G
during Eleni’s solo: Hilary, Martin and Theresa leave the stage to play from a distance in Part 3
[DOWNLOAD SCORE] ↓
11_Cor250_OneNoteMore.pdf
[RECORDING] ↓ Hilary Jeffery – trombone, from “Extreme Positions” CD, New World Records (2007)
[RECORDING] ↓ Simon Rose – Werkhalle Wiesenburg, 28th July 2023
Part 3: Tutti – duration ca. 15 minutes
all pieces connected seamlessly
12) “Calling! OM”
Giannis and Eleni “call” on G, the others “respond” while walking back to the stage
during this piece the electrical hum of amps etc fades in – if needed a hum recording can be used too
everybody locks into the G drone at the end = cross-fade into the next piece
[DOWNLOAD SCORE] ↓
12_calling_om.pdf
[RECORDING] ↓
Hilary Jeffery, James Fulkerson – trombones
Philip Corner – piano
from “Extreme Positions” CD, New World Records (2007)
13) “Electick Hummmmmmmmm”
drone piece in G
[DOWNLOAD SCORE] ↓
13_electrick_hummmmmmmmmmmm.pdf
[RECORDING] ↓ Hayden Chisholm, Hilary Jeffery, Eleni Poulou
14) “I Can Walk Through The World As Music” / “Radio Realities”
Eleni reads the text + also plays samples of it, while the rest pack up their instruments
then we walk together with the audience in “silence” to the BACH to listen to the BACH !
[DOWNLOAD TEXT EXAMPLE] ↓ we have to write a new text to fit the NNOI setting
14_i_can_walk_through_the_world_as _music.pdf
[DOWNLOAD SCORE] ↓
Cor288_Radio Realities.pdf
[RECORDING] ↓ soundwalk introduced and led by Matt Hannafin