Book Piece is a text score that calls for performers to create their own parts, instructing the illustration and creation of book-scores. The number of musicians results in the number of movements, and performers exchange and perform each other’s scores throughout the piece. The layout of the pages, created by making the book, dictates the phrase structure of each movement.
Book Piece was created for the 2021 Keiko Yoneda International Composition Competition and was debuted in the finals round. My goal was to combine graphic scores and bookbinding in a way that meaningfully impacted the form of the final piece.
Book Piece was performed again in Tokyo in 2022 by Style & Idea (スタイル＆アイデア) at Tokyo Concert Lab (トーキョーコンサーツ・ラボ ) as part of the 作曲考 第1回作品演奏会 縦と横 concert.
The score can be purchased on Bandcamp:
https://camille-kiku-belair.bandcamp.com/merch/book-piece-2021-text-score-pdf-only
Digital download (pdf) only.
Purchase of this score includes indefinite performance rights for one individual. If performed as an ensemble, each performer must buy their own copy.
Camille Kiku Belair 