their keen and watchful eye
for double bass septet
(2020)

Commissioned by the Tanglewood Music Center for the 2020 double bass fellows, and performed by the 2022 double bass fellows

Tobias Vigneau, bass 1
Kebra-Seyoun Charles, bass 2
Jesse Dale, bass 3
Andres Vela, bass 4
Ethan Moffitt, bass 5
Christopher Laven, bass 6
Luis Arturo Celis Avila, bass 7
Nicolò Umberto Foron, conductor

7.10.2022, Seiji Ozawa Hall, Tanglewood Music Center, Lenox, Massachusetts

they blossom soundful
but the hush illuminates
me in almaya.
maybe someone will be my fantasy?
-Ari Sussman (2019/20)


note: the title of this work is adapted and borrowed from "The Wolves" by Watchhouse (formally known as "Mandolin Orange")

their keen and watchful eye - double bass septet - (2020)

pianist, banjoist, composer
PHL → BOS → A2 → PHL
👨‍🎓 NEC | UMich 
💼 TempleU (Boyer) | WCUPA (Wells)