Name: 11 Lessons Learnt by Antoni Schonken
Duration: 4 min 30 s
Description: A collection of original underscoring and main numbers from the 2024 Stellenbosch University Department of Drama production: Pinocchio. Directed by Schalk van der Merwe.

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A collection of original underscoring and main numbers from the 2024 Stellenbosch University Department of Drama production: Pinocchio. Directed by Schalk van der Merwe.

11 Lessons Learnt

Flute: Alaina Clarice
Oboe: Liz Fleissner
Clarinet: Brian Do
Bassoon: Caden Ridge
Horn: Zachary Anderson

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Thoughts on the piece: Quartertones and any smaller division of the octave is something I have a really hard time exploring in acoustic pieces. I love doing this with electronics- I could listen to two sinewaves beat against each other for a long time. Still, it’s been really difficult for me to incorporate this into my acoustic language. This sort of abstractly expressive sound-world isn’t always the right place for it, but I think this piece has expanded my range significantly. The emotive power and tension/release that these colors give the piece add a yearning or aching quality to the slow gestures, and there are some moments that I think just sound magical with these new colors.  

Cathrine Erb is an American photographer whose “luminous photo-based works capture a spirit of the sublime in everyday life. Her practice is a meditative process, exploring and revealing the radiance of the present moment and the complexities of relationships among people, places, things, as well as things unseen. Her studies of clouds transcend space and time with luscious translucence, while her portraits of everyday objects are instilled with the ineffable longing of memory.” 
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www.catherineerb.com

Image: Detail from Catherine Erb - Cloud Study 32 (Clouds over Water), 2016, Mixed media photo encaustic, 36” x 80”

Erb Study

Internationally multi award-winning composer. Head of Composition at Stellenbosch University. 

11 Lessons Learnt

Antoni Schonken

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