PROGRAM NOTE:

The title "Control Room" refers to a kind of musical multitasking. The piece tells four different stories simultaneously, switching between them much like the application of various camera angles during a televised football game. A longer, more stretched-out version of the form might take its cue from the simultaneous and overlapping events of a soap opera, or even of a comic book. As the composer, I act as the director, sitting in the control room and switching between stories -- but only at the most opportune times, making the cuts both smooth and coherent.