Brian Kane’s work follows two related trajectories. A Ph.D. candidate in Music Composition, Kane is pursuing a project that combines the practice of composition with a theoretical reflection on the nature of composing. His monographic study, entitled Phenomenality and Materiality in New Music, illustrates how implicit assumptions about the nature of musical material shape compositional practice. This study is combined with a piece for orchestra, entitled Anaphora, that musically embodies the theoretical claims. The University Symphony will read fragments of this musical work in the spring.