This is a post card piece I wrote for the wonderful pianist Maria Palapanidou! The work started out as a simple shape which I drew without any concrete idea of what it would be. I then added the notes and tried to let the shape determine the character of the music. I found the swooping lines very stimulating when coming up with the musical material for this piece, I wanted the score to be interpreted loosely, allowing Maria to  move between the fragments at will, and discover her own definition of the musical structure I sketched out.
Maria plays with beautiful delicacy and brings, what I later decided to be the shape of a crane, to life using a carefully articulated and expressive interpretation of the music. Many thanks to her excellent rendition of this graphic score!

The Origami Crane

This piece was inspired by the wind-up mechanism of the early watches invented by John Harrison. It draws on a number of technical features that have strong musical associations. It was premiered at the New Sounds Concert at the Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall in Manchester in February 2019.
Composer: Eliorah Goodman
Pianist: Maria Palapanidou
Percussionist (inside piano): George Bingham

The Wind-up Piano

This sketch was inspired by the work of Wassily Kandinsky, an artist who was greatly influenced by music, transforming sounds in to colours as he paints. My fascination inspired me to reinterpret his artwork, making the direction of the gaze more linear so that the colours and shapes can be interpreted in the form of a graphic score. The recording features various takes of my own improvisation to the sketch.

Kandinsky improvisation for flute

This is another variation of the Kandinsky sketch with an additional layer of improvisation

Kandinsky Improvisation 2

Another sketch inspired by the work of Wassily Kandinsky. The recording features various takes of my own improvisation to the sketch.

Flute Kandinsky Improv Sketch 2

Composed for my masters portfolio, recorded and assembled during lockdown. Featuring the Avazad Duo in collaboration with soprano Victoria Armillotta. The duo is a partnership between the santoor player Atafeh Einali and flautist Eliorah Goodman forming a contemporary Persian/Jewish fusion ensemble. For more info. visit avazad.com

Rainy Thoughts

Extract from the moving installation performed on the 9th April 2019, at the People's History Museum with singers; Tessa Tang, Louise Pidoux, Eliorah Goodman, Poppy Smallwood, Harriet Russ (from left to right), and Sasja Haeck (not present in the photo)Photo courtesy Tessa Tang.

The project explored the theme of Protest Past and Present on several levels. The phrase 'Do not listen to my voice' deals with the projection of the human voice, both in the literal sense and metaphorical sense. What we hear, or choose to listen to is particularly controlled by chance, as the moving chant is perceived in different acoustic spaces. However, it is also controlled by the exploitation of the text, where tone and inflection are used to imbue multiple layers of meaning. As the chant moves through the gallery, it becomes politicised by the surrounding material, highlighting the role that protest and the right of speech has had on the way we perceive and define the world we live in.

Eliorah Goodman

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