Creating Contexts of Creativity: Musical Composition with Modular Components

This paper describes a series of projects that explore the possibilities of musical expression through the combination of pre-composed, interlocking, modular components. In particular, this paper presents a modular soundtrack recently composed by the author for "Currents of Creativity," a permanent interactive videowall installation at the Pope John Paul II Cultural Center which is slated to open Easter 2001 in Washington, DC.