Works

Smith Quartet

Instrumentation (detailed)

Strings (plucked / bowed)	2 Violin, Viola, Cello
Electronic / Electroacoustic	Live Electronics

Performer(s) Notes

Paraître Parmi uses as its main material aggregates of pitches closely related to the Frequency Modulation synthesis method, here applied to instrumental writing. This theoretical model is also used for the electronic part, both for the sound synthesis and the digital signal processing of the string instruments. Hence providing a common ground to both sound realms: acoustic and synthetic. The piece develops as a series of compositional processes applied to this same harmonic material from which timbral, rhythmic and tempo consequences are derived. Paraître Parmi (the title meaning something like “appearance among”) for amplified string quartet and electronics was composed between February and August 2006, while I was in Berlin as a DAAD composer-in-residence. It was written and is dedicated to the Smith Quartet, who will perform the premiere in Madrid at the Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, on the 6th of November 2006.

Work	Type	Date	Organization/Event	Venue	Town	Country	Performers	Notes	Inv Row
Paraître Parmi A	Performance	2006/Nov/19	Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival	St. Paul's Hall	Huddersfield	United Kingdom	Smith Quartet	Notes	British Premiere
British Premiere
Paraître Parmi A	Performance	2007/Apr/21	Sonorities Festival	Project Arts Centre	Belfast	United Kingdom	Smith Quartet	Notes
Paraître Parmi A	Performance	2007/Apr/24		Project Arts Centre	Dublin	Ireland	Smith Quartet	Notes
Paraître Parmi A	Premiere	2006/Nov/06		National Museum Reina Sofía Arts Centre	Madrid	Spain	Smith Quartet	Notes	Circuits. Portugal II
Circuits. Portugal II
Paraître Parmi A	Performance	2008/Mar/13	MMP / Circuits, Berliner Festspiele - Maerzmusik	Universität der Künste - Konzertsaal Bundesallee	Berlin	Germany	Smith Quartet Miso Studio	Notes
Paraître Parmi A	Performance	2008/Apr/26	Miso Music Portugal / Circuits	Jacqueline du Pré Music Building	Oxford	Portugal	Smith Quartet: Ian Humphries (violin), Darragh Morgan (violin), Nick Pendlebury (viola), Deirdre Cooper (cello) Miso Studio (spatialization and live electronics)	Notes
Paraître Parmi A	Performance	2008/Sep/27	Miso Music Portugal / Música Viva Festival 2008	Belém Cultural Centre - Luís de Freitas Branco Room	Lisbon	Portugal	Smith Quartet: Ian Humphries (violin), Darragh Morgan (violin), Nick Pendlebury (viola), Deirdre Cooper (cello)	Notes
Paraître Parmi A	Performance	2010/Sep/16	Miso Music Portugal - 2010 Musica Viva Festival	Belém Arts Centre - Small Auditorium	Lisbon	Portugal	Matosinhos String Quartet, Miguel Azguime (live electronics)	Notes
Paraître Parmi A	Performance	2012/Nov/06		Cultural Centre Nicolás Salmerón	Madrid	Spain	Matosinhos String Quartet | Miso Studio	Notes

Documents
	Type (+ sub-type)	Cover/edition title Document title	Authors	Referring to	Publisher	Date
	Audio	Smith Quartet music for string quartet & electronics Pedro Rebelo / Carlos Caires Miguel Azguime / Pedro Amaral  Paraître Parmi		paraitre parmi a Miguel Azguime	Miso Records	2011
	Radio programmes	Arte Eletroacústica: Obras Portuguesas para Quarteto de Cordas e Electrónica	Miguel Azguime	paraitre parmi a Miguel Azguime		2012
	Scores	Miguel Azguime / Paraître Parmi A  Paraître Parmi A		paraitre parmi a Miguel Azguime	Centro de Investigação & Informação da Música Portuguesa	2007 2006
	Video	Paraître Parmi		paraitre parmi a Miguel Azguime		2006