(2024) THE EVOLUTION OF AI
Commissioned by the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra as part of the Sandbox Residency.
Co-commissioned by American Composers Orchestra, Chicago Sinfonietta, and ROCO.
Premiered January 12, 2024, by the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra and Clarice Assad.
Introduction:
“The Evolution of AI” is a contemporary musical composition that delves into the intricate interplay between human artistry and artificial intelligence. The piece invites the listener on a journey that explores and questions the boundaries of creativity and the profound implications of human and Artificial intelligence collaboration. The work is for a chamber orchestra, electronics, and a human performer acting as a hybrid human AI machine inside a musical experiment. It is not the machine’s first time around, though. The first movement, titled Reboot, hints at the idea that this hybrid being has existed before. The Evolution of AI is in four movements, without interruption.
PRESS:
AI comes to music, and through Clarice Assad, to the SPCO
By Sheila Regan |
Clarice Assad performs her work ‘The Evolution of AI’ with the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra
By Rob Hubbard | Special to the Star Tribune
Instrumentation
2 Flutes, 2 Oboes, Clarinet in B♭, Bassoon
2 Horns in F, Trumpet in C
Percussion (1 player): Bass Drum, Vibraphone, Marimba, Suspended Cymbal, Woodblocks, Snare Drum, Low Tom, Tam-tam, Tubular Bells, Djembe, Toms
Violin I, Violin II, Viola, Violoncello, Double Bass
Soloist: Clarice Assad (piano / vocals / electronics)
Electronics: A-frame, laptop (AI-generated material), Genki Wave Ring, iPad, ROLI Seaboard, ROLI DeepX Phase Attack Keys, TC Helicon Voice LIVE TOUCH 2, Electronic Drum
Performance history
- February 8, 2025PERFORMANCE OF “THE EVOLUTION OF AI” by ROCO and Clarice Assad
- March 16, 2024The Evolution of AI | Clarice Assad & The Chicago Sinfonietta
- March 15, 2024The Evolution of AI | Clarice Assad & The Chicago Sinfonietta
- January 13, 2024World Premiere: The Evolution of AI – Clarice Assad & The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra
- January 12, 2024World Premiere: The Evolution of AI – Clarice Assad & The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra
- January 12, 2024World Premiere: The Evolution of AI – Clarice Assad & The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra