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SPARK Collective, UofSC - Leges Motus

from mix tape by Ryan J Williams

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I’ve always loved science - in fact, I started my
undergraduate college endeavors as a physics major. While I did learn early on that my heart truly belonged to music, my interest in and fascination with science has never waned - something one could learn simply by looking at what’s gone through my Netflix queue.
As I embarked upon the journey of writing this piece, I had the idea to write a piece using Sir Isaac Newton’s three Laws of Motion as the text, and to use the music to further convey the meanings of those laws: first, an object at rest tends to stay at rest unless acted upon by an outside force; second, the acceleration of an object is dependent upon the mass of an opject; and third, to every action there is an equal and opposite reaction.
In addition to the beauty of the physics, I also had the idea to include some of the wonders of mathematics in the piece. Throughout, strains of the Fibonacci sequence (1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8...) appear - as melodic groupings and as structural devices. While it isn’t my intent for this to be a primary focus of the work, it was part of my compositional process.
While a single-movement work, the piece is broken up into three sections, each conveying their respective laws.

lyrics

I. Corpus omne perseverare in statu suo quiescendi vel movendi uniformiter in directum, nisi quatenus a viribus impressis cogitur statum illum mutare.
II. Mutationem motus proportionalem esse vi motrici impressæ, et fieri secundum lineam rectam qua vis illa imprimitur.
III. Actioni contrariam semper et æqualem esse reactionem: sive corporum duorum actiones in se mutuo semper esse æquales et in partes contrarias dirigi.
from Sir Isaac Newton

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from mix tape, track released April 25, 2018

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Ryan J Williams Columbia, South Carolina

Ryan lives in Columbia, SC and frequently receives commissions from wind bands and chamber groups from around the country and is in demand for work with marching arts ensembles.

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