June 2017 - Composer's Toolbox

Kyle Grimm – Pitchforks and Crow’s Feet

DanLisMusic Posted on June 24, 2017

Kyle Grimm’s music spans the gamut of media and instrumentation. A double bassist and dance collaborator, he also has experience working with ensembles and other performers. This is evident in his work “Pitchforks and Crow’s Feet”. The score can be found here: Pitchforks and Crow’s Feet for Flute, Cello, and Bass. This work relies heavily […]

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Heather Stebbins – minim

DanLisMusic Posted on June 18, 2017

Heather Stebbins’s work “minim” is a recollection and reimagination of sonic elements from prior works. From her program notes: “minim (2014) is an exercise in excavation. I recently began going through old files and recordings from early projects and happily discovered that many of the sounds captivated me in both new and nostalgic ways. I felt […]

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Jacob Sachs-Mishalanie – Pole, Steam, Tree, Glass

DanLisMusic Posted on June 11, 2017

Jacob Sachs-Mishalanie’s work “Pole, Steam, Tree, Glass” is an inventive approach to timbre, idiomatic writing, a certain poetry, and the interaction of acoustic and electroacoustic approaches. As he writes in his program notes in the score, “Program Note: In this collection of four short pieces, I contemplate questions about electroacoustic music, searching not necessarily for […]