The Evolution of AI

The Evolution of AI is a contemporary musical composition that delves into the intricate interplay between human artistry and artificial intelligence. The piece invites the listener on a journey that explores and questions the boundaries of creativity and the profound implications of human and artificial intelligence collaboration. The work is for a chamber orchestra, electronics, and a human performer acting as a hybrid human AI machine inside a musical experiment. It is not the machine’s first time around, though. The first movement, titled Reboot, hints at the idea that this hybrid being has existed before. The Evolution of AI is in four movements, without interruption.

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Commissioned by Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra as part of the Sandbox Residency.

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Co-commissioned by American Composers Orchestra, Chicago Sinfonietta, and ROCO.

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The co-commission of Clarice Assad’s The Evolution of AI is part of New Music USA’s Amplifying Voices program, which fosters collaboration and collective action between US orchestras and composers toward racial and gender equity in classical music. Amplifying Voices is powered by the Sphinx Venture Fund, with additional support from ASCAP, the Sorel Organization, the Virginia B. Toulmin Foundation, and The Wise Music Charitable Foundation. For more information, visit Amplifying Voices – New Music USA.

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Premiered January 12, 2024, by the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra and Clarice Assad.