We will be taking a brief detour from edgy music by exploring the world of modality, jazz, and levity.
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Dale Osterman – Ouroboros
Dale Osterman’s piece Ouroboros depicts the serpent that devours its own tail.
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Diogo Carvalho – “Reveal” for Guitar and Tape
There are times when musical notation simply does not suffice to both technically manifest, nor artistically describe, the music that is heard. This is the case with Diogo Carvalho’s piece Reveal.
Read MoreDavid T. Bridges – This Fragmented Old Man
David T. Bridges’s work This Fragmented Old Man fuses the energy of Elliott Carter, the rhythmic drive of Bela Bartok, and the harmonic fluidity of Igor Stravinsky to create an energetic, wild, slightly senile, and charming work based on the children’s counting song “This Old Man”
Read More“A Complaint” – Young Composer Score Call
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Composer 1’s work “A Complaint” is based on William Wordsworth’s poem of the same title. Please view the score here and listen to it below. This work has an apt sense of gesture, time, and structure. The opening gestures of the work return to us at the end, in a “bookending” format. However, the opening […]
Read MoreKyle Grimm – Pitchforks and Crow’s Feet
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 […]
Read MoreJacob Sachs-Mishalanie – Pole, Steam, Tree, Glass
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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 […]
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