Dan VanHassel Composition Featured in Transient Canvas' Wired

Transient Canvas is a bass clarinet and marimba duo that commissioned Dan VanHassel’s Epidermis. A primal yet machine-like consistent pulse is present throughout the work, interrupted by guttural screams from the bass clarinet with veiled technological sounds (jet engines, static, sirens) in the background. Read More

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