Radio Silence II (2026) – Lily Koslow

Radio Silence II (2026) for violin, electronics, and 8 radios – Lily Koslow Composer's note below ——— Performed by Arlan Vriens, violin and Lily Koslow, electronics Commissioned by Arlan Vriens for the Futureproofing project. Recording, cinematography, mixing, and editing by Fish Yu and Space Between Productions. Recorded at the Centre BPMC, University of Toronto, with special thanks to the TaPIR Lab and OCAD University. ——— The Futureproofing video series draws on research funded by a Social Science and Humanities Research Council Insight Development Grant. ——— Composer's note: Radio Silence II explores the violin as a vessel for the expression of messages, “tuning” between “channels” with varying levels of musicality, noise, ornamentation, and intelligibility. The use of hidden radios among the audience creates a quasi-ritualistic performance situation where listeners are invited to contemplate broken messages and melodies in space. – Lily Koslow, 2026