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Prelude (2010-2025)

3/31/2025

for flute, violin, cello, and (optional) natural soundscape sample

Music by Anthony L. Sanchez (b. 1988)

Copyright © 2025 by ZEKE SPILLED INK MUSIC (ASCAP), Savannah, GA

MuseScore Studio 4 VST playback realization for acoustic instruments

Sound sample recorded by the composer from my backyard on March 28, 2025

Photograph by the composer - Taken in Jacksonville, Florida on March 2025- a "Black and White" filter applied

Program Notes:

This piece is a re-composition of an older chamber work previously named "Ethereal Mood," which I initially wrote fifteen years ago. While the Prelude retains the original postmodern approach to tonality as I had done in the previous work, I have made significant changes to the tempi, voice-leading, and overall direction for each instrumental line. I have also incorporated at the beginning and ending of the Prelude a short sound sample of the natural environment from my backyard, which serves to complement the placid mood of the piece.

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Galactic Stinger On Patrol, "Forward Space Base (Unused Track)" (2010, 2025)

3/24/2025

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for electric guitar or electric violin, synthesizer, and drum set

Music by Anthony L. Sanchez (b. 1988)

Copyright © 2025 by ZEKE SPILLED INK MUSIC (ASCAP), Savannah, GA

Finale VST playback

3D image by Freddy Sanchez- Used by permissions.

Here is a "lost" track from the Galactic Stinger On Patrol miniseries. The piece originates from the early 2010s when I was an undergraduate student and still exploring more musical possibilities. While I had wanted to include the track as part of the Galactic Stinger project in 2024, I ended up discarding this specific track because it did not match the completed scenes in the animations. I also disliked the overall playback quality of the VST when compared to the other music that I created for the miniseries. I additionally realized that several segments from the track could sound out-of-range or technically odd in relation to the instrumentation.

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Slices of Pi (2025)

3/14/2025

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Music by Anthony L. Sanchez (b. 1988)

Copyright © 2025 by ZEKE SPILLED INK MUSIC (ASCAP), Savannah, GA

Static image created by the composer

MuseScore Studio 4 VST playback

Score available on Patreon

Performance Notes:

Slices of Pi functions as a series of variations for solo piano based on the musical spelling for part of the mathematical constant and irrational number Pi (π): 3.1415926535. Pi serves as the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter. I wrote this piece in preparation for Pi Day (March 14, or 3.14) this year. In composing this work, I sought to apply musicality to mathematics by interpreting the number three and the first ten digits (decimals) in Pi as pitch classes, where each number from 0 to 11 represents a musical tone in terms of chromaticism. I also chose to concentrate on a fragment, or “slice,” of Pi—pun intended—because the total number of digits for Pi technically does not end. While I did create an electronic piece using the first one hundred digits of Pi (Improvisation in Pi from 2023), Slices of Pi represents my acoustic approach to interpreting the irrational number. Regarding the set that comprises the “Theme” for Pi, I musically translate the group of numbers as follows:

(Eb, Db, En, Db, Fn, An, Dn, Gb, Fn, Eb, Fn)

I also wrote the set with enharmonic equivalence in mind, meaning that flat and sharp notes are the same pitch class regardless of their musical spellings. I must add, however, that Slices of Pi is not a serialist piece the strict sense of that type of composition. The layout for the first ten digits in Pi clearly indicates that the digits within the irrational number can repeat, such as in the appearances of 3, 1, and 5 in the set. Creating a tone matrix to determine the multiple musical possibilities for the set also does not prove necessary. The thirteen variations that comprise Slices of Pi all feature the musical spellings for the segment of the irrational number in some way, including instances where I spell Pi in reverse order or repeat a variation several times so as to give the effect of going in circles. The piece can be used as educational material for Music Theory to help students and performers locate the musical spellings of Pi in the score.

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Prelude (2010-2025)

Galactic Stinger On Patrol, "Forward Space Base (Unused Track)" (2010, 2025)

Slices of Pi (2025)

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