“End.>vacuum,” an orchestral piece composed by Incubus guitarist Michael Einziger, will receive its premiere Aug. 23 at UCLA’s Royce Hall.
The 40-minute piece consists of nine musical movements and will be performed by a chamber orchestra - the Graviton Modern Ensemble - led by conductor and Einziger’s longtime collaborator Suzie Katayama.The piece was inspired by  Igor Stravinsky, George Crumb, Samuel Barber, Krzysztof Penderecki and Frank Zappa.
A major portion of the piece’s inspiration resides in Einziger’s love of science.  He has recently participated in articles with Brown University evolutionary biologist Dr. Kenneth Miller, British physicist Dr. Brian Cox and Pulitzer Prize-winning science historian Dr. Ed Larson.
Therefore, it's only logical that the night should begin with a 20-minute lecture from Cox about particle physics and experiments being conducted at the Large Hadron Collider at CERN (European Organization for Nuclear Research).
Einziger wrote the piece while recovering form surgery for carpel tunnel syndrome.Einziger begins musical studies this fall at Harvard.