She comes from the background of new contemporary music and works primarily with free improvisation, and live electronic processing. Her solo work integrates extended techniques, microtonality, and sound-based material in what Touching Extremes calls “..fumes of disassembled harmony and dissonant refractions.” Tectonic Shifts, released November 1 on the Creative Sources label, integrates the interaction of the violin with electronics, altering the sound in real time through the software program Max/MSP. These pieces for violin and interactive electronics were selected from a cycle of works that blend improvisation and composition. Structures from the album, and further improvisations in a similar direction will be explored in tonight’s performance