Karren is a two-movement orchestral-electroacoustic composition by composer Olivia Block. The first movement, Foramen Magnum,is an electroacoustic/concrète piece created from heavily processed field recordings. These recordings were taken from orchestral rehearsals and various public locations. The second movement, Opening Night, is a layered orchestral score performed by the Chicago Composer’s Orchestra, with whom Block worked for several years in order to complete this project. Thematically, Karren includes several personal interests and areas of study, including Block’s recent work in anthropology and sociology. Erving Goffman’s dramaturgical metaphor described in The Presentation of Self in Every Day Life is a lens through which the entire composition, presented on vinyl, might be viewed as a metaphor for the self. The act of turning the vinyl disc over to play one side or another highlights the binary quality of this metaphor. Side one of the record plays the chaotic, angular and unsettling “back stage” sounds of Foramen Magnum while the other side plays the “smooth” “front stage” sounds–the orchestral layers of Opening Night. -Sedimental

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