Within the first month after its premiere on “A Night of Robert Black” (with pianist Lindsay Garritson), my piece lips evaporate for double bass and piano received several performances and recordings all around the United States. While mixing and mastering the recordings, my curiosity spiked after accidentally displacing certain tracks within the mix session. glass, evaporate[d] is the plunderphonic amalgamation of this experiment.

Ryne “Todroki” Siesky (b. 1996) composed glass, evaporate[d] in 2020 for Jacob Mason and it was published by Elision Publications in 2023.

All pianists are to play independently from each other and should not attempt synchronization with the other performers. Both the una corda and damper pedal should be depressed for the duration of the piece.

Electronic keyboards can be used in lieu of acoustic pianos if securing three acoustic pianos and tuning them to the specific quarter-tone frequencies is not possible.

For more information about Todroki visit their composer page.