October 2023

Compositions by Coreen Morsink

Composed by Katharine Petkovski. Premiered by Odin Quartet. 2021.

the girl who collected the bones of the deer

by Coreen Morsink
cello: Sigrid Vandenbogaerde

Finalist at the 2014 Sorodha Composition Competition

Conversations with a Rose

J'ai placé ma mère/ drama (TexturalVoices-Synths)

Burning Shroud raw demo. Alto flute and voice. All elements by Jaye Marsh.

Created in response to the burning planet. Also part of a creative challenge for the Alphabet Superset with Struthless.

Burning Shroud demo 1

First Two movements of "Fairy Tales for Princess Katerina" composed and played by Coreen Morsink
Movement 1: Moonlight, Movement 2: Magic Forest.  For complete recording listen/purchase at: http://coreenmorsink.bandcamp.com/track/fairy-tales-for-princess-katerina

Fairy Tales For Princess Katerina By Coreen Morsink, First And Second Movement

erosion for solo violin composed by Coreen Morsink, live recording by Mizuka Yamamoto, Athens Greece.  Recording converted to A=432.  

erosion for solo violin, by Coreen Morsink played by Mizuka Yamamoto, violin

No. 2,3,4 and 10 from the 12-1 Preludes by Coreen Morsink.  These particular preludes use the strings of the piano which have been altered by putting blu-tak to make certain strings a quarter-tone lower (approximately!) The full set of preludes can be bought at http://demerararecords.com/ or heard/watched at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1DjF13UTWEA Thank you for listening! 

12 - 1 Preludes For Prepared Piano 2,3,4 And 10 By Coreen Morsink

This version of "Andromache's Recitativo, Aria and Subtext" has been altered using Audacity programme to A=432hz.  The sound quality is slightly less nice than the original which Carla Rees recorded at standard A=440hz.  Many thanks to Carla Rees for her open-mindedness about pitch, frequency and microtones! This piece would not have existed without her fabulous collaboration and help with fingerings and techniques for this rare instrument.  

Permission to use the text from the play "Andromache" by Euripides translated by Philip Vellacott has been given by ‘The Society of Authors as the literary representative of the Estate of Philip Vellacott’.  Score available for purchase at http://www.tetractys.co.uk/photo_10848381.html

Andromache, by C. Morsink, extract converted to A=432hz, played by Carla Rees

THE FIRST WOMAN
four songs/cycle for soprano and piano
duration: 24:30
poetry: Lorna Crozier
AvP 99
View on the CMC Shop here: https://cmccanada.org/shop/58984/

Soprano: Martha Guth
Piano: Erika Switzer

The First Woman

Andromache for Alto Flute by Coreen Morsink played by Chenoa Anderson, Canadian premiere, June 10th, 2017, Mile Zero Dance's space, Edmonton, Alberta.  Score available for purchase through Tetractys Publishing https://www.tetractys.co.uk/section797740_318165.html

Andromache for alto flute By Coreen Morsink played by Chenoa Anderson

Coreen Morsink is a Canadian/Greek composer focusing on music springing from ancient Greek sources as well as unusual tuning systems. Her pieces use compositional techniques which combine old and new with explorations into microtonality, multiphonics and extended techniques.