Matthew Lam - Composer
The Other Me for solo snare drum (2022)
Duration: 3’
Commissioned by Ben Damann
Virtual Premiere:
On my youtube channel. Performed by Ben Damann.
Live Premiere:
15 SEP 2022. Praecepta Concert, Bryan Recital Hall, Bowling Green, OH, USA.
Performed by Eli Chambers.
Program notes:
The Other Me takes its inspiration from dissociative identity disorder, which means that a person has two or more personalities residing, with each having unique names, characters and memories. In this piece, a unique system is set up that the performance order of different parts of the music can be shuffled, such that each performance would sound quite different from one another. This signifies the unpredictability and uncontrollability of people who have dissociative identity disorder. On the other hand, the piece is meant to be extremely contrasting within itself, with each section having its unique character. This is to depict how wildly different the different personalities of a person who has dissociative identity disorder could be.