Practice.ogg

Written for the 10th commemoration of 9/11/01.

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Mountain Laurel is the state flower of Connecticut. This piece was written for CT and the surrounding NY area in 2009. It includes text to be sung about the Great Recession and the cultural issues we face such as family, safety and maintaining connection in such crisis. Today I dedicate this to all families and victims affected by the tragedy of yesterday's events. All my love to Newtown CT. xoxo


Mountain Laurel

"I must study politics and war that my sons may have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy. My sons ought to study mathematics and philosophy, geography, natural history, navigation, commerce, and agriculture, in order to give their children a right to study painting, poetry & music..." ~John Adams, 1735

There will be original spoken word text and pictures scored over the music for the full version of this project. Thanks to Chad Olivera for orchestration assistance! :-)


On John Adams (Orchestrated)

Improvised live digital piano with ambient textures.

Carolyn Downie