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I encourage you to check out “Bench” by Conner Simmons, from the album Guymon, Oklahoma.
Read MoreDale Osterman’s piece Ouroboros depicts the serpent that devours its own tail.
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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’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 MoreHeavy use of repetition, minimalist, zany, wild, explosive, unexpected, surprising, light but chaotic, idiomatic instrumental writing
Read MoreClear texture; accordion, prepared piano, harp, percussion, and violin complement each other well; light; bell-like; no tonal center; wide intervals but still melodic; almost Debussyan at times in harmonic content
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Modern, quiet at times, distinct sounds, good ensemble, moment-by-moment writing, heavy use of percussion, thin textures, suspenseful
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