#  Kevin Ernste 

 

 



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 Title: *Palimpsest*  
Commission: 2011  
Completed: 2014  
Instrumentation: string quartet  
Premiere Location:  
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Notes: Composed for the JACK quartet.

   
Kevin Ernste is a composer, performer, and teacher of composition and electronic music at Cornell University where he is Associate Professor of Music and Director of the Cornell Electroacoustic Music Center. He is a founding member of the improvisation ensemble, CAGE. In 2006 he was the Acting Director of the Eastman Computer Music Center and Co-director of the *ImageMovementSound* festival.

 His work is rooted in the exploration and expansion of acoustic instrumental sounds with electronic/computer means, working in close contact with musicians, delving into an instrument’s sonic and physical nature, seeking hidden voices and phenomena, in turn revealing new techniques for human performers.



 

 

 





 

 

- ## Commission Date
    
     [2011](/commissiondate/2011)
- ## Completion Date
    
     [2014](/completiondate/2014)
- ## Composer
    
     [Ernste, Kevin](/composer/ernste-kevin)
- ## Commissions
    
     [Past Commissions](/pastcommisions)