Incantation for tenor viola da gamba and electronics is my first work for viola da gamba, and only my third work involving acoustic instruments and live electronics. Although I played in an early music viol consort as an undergraduate, it took me quite a few years to link the instrument with my compositional voice. While writing the work, I noticed Eastern or Middle Eastern melodic influences. This is noticeable in the opening melody. It is a mystery to me how or why this melody came into being, but once it was born the rest of the piece was rather easy to finish. I knew digital processing would enhance the sound, and so I experimented with many effects. I decided to go with both a reverb and granulator plug-in hosted by the VST host Kil 2.2. Another important feature in this music is my use of the chimes. Through my graduate work with composer Orlando Garcia, I came to be influenced by the use timbre resources especially in my solo music. The choice of the chimes adds to the spirit of this chant or incantation. It along with the special timbre of the gamba reinforces the ritualistic nature of the music.