Program Notes: Derived from the anagram “Snowflake,” False Wonk translates the iterative principles of the Koch Snowflake fractal into a sonic experience. The piece utilizes a specific staging of twelve saxophonists divided into four antiphonal groups of three. This arrangement is not arbitrary; it reflects the geometric algorithm of the fractal, where a single side of a triangle is split and expanded into four distinct segments.

The work explores the paradox of the fractal: a shape with a finite area but an infinite perimeter. Listeners will hear this paradox in the music as simple melodic cells are repeated, fragmented, and superimposed, creating a texture that feels contained yet endlessly expanding. By mapping mathematical self-similarity onto the saxophone ensemble, False Wonk blurs the line between chaotic density and rigid geometric order.