I’ve recently been geeking out over a book (really it’s the appendix of a book) that has all practical flute multi-phonics written out. Yes, that’s correct 1826 different multi-phonics. The interesting thing about this appendix is that it is hyper specific to the actual frequencies of each pitch, dividing the scale used (from a fundamental pitch, say [...]
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Post Card Art Front The composer consortium I am a part of is having another concert at Le Poisson Rouge on May 2nd at 7:30 PM! It would be great to see you all there. Below is the program. We have some fantastic players joining us, including Iktus Percussion Quartet and Transit New Music Ensemble. Buy your [...] These are songs for Mezzo Soprano and Piano that I wrote a few months ago and were performed at the latest Circles and Lines concert in December. I’ll hopefully have recordings for you all soon. The texts are below each blurb about the piece. Mezzo-Soprano, Piano Score of Love Songs The cycle is intended to have a key [...] Apologies to readers, the posting may be a little light in the coming days as I’ll be preparing for and performing my senior recital on Sunday. Afterwards I hope to have some interesting articles on art and the economy and a guest post from Patti Kilroy on the edition of Bach Partitas and Sonatas I have [...] I recently applied for a collaborative grant to put on a performance art piece I am writing called The Cure at Troy. I am happy to announce that I have been awarded $2000 to rehearse, promote and perform my work:
Irish poet and playwright Seamus Heaney based The Cure at Troy on Sophocles’ Philoctetes. The play aims to be a true translation of the text except for the catharsis, which reflects the tumultuous northern-Irish conflict between British Protestants and Irish Catholics. This collaborative project will create a performance piece where music and acting come together to reflect the emotional content of Heaney’s work, and update its meaning to our current post-9/11 mindset, where cycles of violence create a seemingly unending threat to our way of life. The work features ten parts, four actors and 6 musicians. The actors are scored as representing Neoptolomus, Philoctetes and two chorus members. As for the musicians, there are 2 cellists and violinists, a violist and a pianist. The movements are subtitled as follows:
As the project progresses, I’ll keep this blog up to date about anything interesting that’s going on. After the work is premiered, I’ll host a recording and (hopefully) a video. Additionally I’ll provide analysis of my work for those interested. « Continue reading “Grant Awarded to Put on The Cure At Troy” » I wrote part of this piece at the end of last year. It, like the last movement of my Viola Sonata, is in a semetrical mode consisting of the pitches, C, Db, Eb, E, F#, G#, A# (Bb). I feel it is very different from most of what I have written before, though still considerably conservative in sound as the clusters I use are more effects than part of the specific harmonic texture. I feel that it is different because the affect of the work is considerably darker than all of the other works I have written. I have my own reasons why this may be, but instead of forcing my intentions down your throat, I’ll let you glean your own meaning from the work. As I said earlier, I wrote part of it several months ago, let it sit for a while and then completed it earlier this month. Thus, it is clearly in a two part form, with the second part, nearly identical to the first excluding the re-transitional and coda material. The difference between the parts essentially is I’ve turned the grave eighth notes section in the second system and later on used those pitches in the extremely fast runs of 64th notes. Enjoy the part below the break! To make an easy update on content, I am happily posting most of my complete, original compositions for the general public to download and enjoy. I entreat any composers who wish to have free hosting of their work to send me an email at elemmon@opensourcemusic.org and I would be happy to post them up here for you! |
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