Name: Pitt Protest Sounds by Jay Rauch
Duration: 31 min 22 s
Description: This is a collection of unedited field recordings taken during protests and demonstrations on the University of Pittsburgh’s campus between Schenley Plaza and the west-facing entrance to the Cathedral of Learning on Bigelow Boulevard. I collected all recordings between September and October 2023.

This is a collection of unedited field recordings taken during protests and demonstrations on the University of Pittsburgh’s campus between Schenley Plaza and the west-facing entrance to the Cathedral of Learning on Bigelow Boulevard. I collected all recordings between September and October 2023.

Pitt Protest Sounds

Lanterna magica

Soggetti sottili

Corpo del cielo

Tall Tale

Performed by the BMI Jazz Composers Orchestra at the 2025 Summer Showcase concert, June 20, 2025 at Symphony Space, New York City. 

Soloists:
Steve Kenyon, alto
Sebastian Noelle, guitar

Dust Storm

Field of Action - empathy // cassette 

by Eric Wubbels 
in collaboration with Charmaine Lee

score: http://wubbelsmusic.com/ec_score.html

text and documentation about the project: http://wubbelsmusic.com/pieces_FieldofAction.html

Charmaine Lee: voice, microphones
Eric Wubbels: prepared piano, composition

Full piece / album here:
https://ericwubbels.bandcamp.com/album/field-of-action-contraposition-2






empathy // cassette [2020] (w/ score)

A body of many bodies; a creature which--

[moans screeches sputters growls squeals howls]

--struggles to understand itself. 

This piece traces the mythic figure of the chimera as a body and a process becoming-with, a site of multiplicity and discovery; a body learning and relearning and unlearning its many selves.

premiere:
june 23, 2025 at the .abeceda contemporary music festival IV in bled, slovenia

for flute/alto flute, tenor sax, viola, accordion, prepared piano, prepared harp, & percussion

CHIMERA | .abeceda ensemble | 2025

Performed by James Sullivan and commissioned by the Robert Black Foundation and New Music on the Point for their 2020 commissioning project.

Scree Scramble

Recording of a reading session by the Boston Modern Orchestra Project, October 2024. Photo by James May (https://jamesmaycomposer.com/).

this body folds in on itself (live, reading)

Experimental composer/performer/listener based in Seattle

Website: jayrauch.com

Pitt Protest Sounds

Jay Rauch

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