Name: I Used To Play Jazz by Cullam Bruce-lockhart
Duration: 4 min 11 s
Description: From episode three of Daystreamer: A Physically Distant Musical. A former musician recalls his time in music school, his failure to make it as an artist, and the regrets he's had ever since quitting.

From episode three of Daystreamer: A Physically Distant Musical. A former musician recalls his time in music school, his failure to make it as an artist, and the regrets he's had ever since quitting.

I Used To Play Jazz

October Sky (New)

'unabout, maintaining' by Bekah Simms, performed by But What About. Recored live during Gaudeamus Festival 2022, Wednesday 7 September in TivoliVredenburg.

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'unabout, maintaining' by Bekah Simms, performed by But What About

Single Red Flower
I: a few warbles for the little dead
II: the big alive, feeling small
completed July 2022

Performed November 20 2022 by Standing Wave at St. George the Martyr, Toronto, ON. Part of "Ex Machina" presented by New Music Concerts.

ABOUT
“single Red flower” was written shortly before, during, and after the death of my two rats Parsley and Sage. They were my pandemic companions, providing much love and friendship during two awful years of lockdown in a small Toronto basement apartment. The two movements are threaded with residual emotion from their passing. 

Having never dealt with losing my own pet before – let alone two in quick succession - I was mystified, touched, and overwhelmed with the rituals of their little deaths: laying them in the cage for their cagemates to process their death; picking out a flower pot, soil, and seeds in which to bury them; and laying them to rest in a backyard rental in which we would soon be leaving. Only one plant bloomed from the planter, a beautiful red flower of a species I have never seen before. 

While I often try to keep my emotions out of my music, this piece inadvertently became strange, small, and ritualistic, reflecting these experiences. Little, quiet sounds are brought to the forefront and amplified to fill the space in the same way that little things can fill our hearts beyond bearing.

single Red flower (sextet)

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I Used To Play Jazz

Cullam Bruce-lockhart

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