Name: fractures by EllenHardcastle
Duration: 4 min 26 s
Description: semi improv. yes, i know i'm rushing. composed and performed by Ellen Hardcastle.

The whole second half if this is straight fire. It matches the thumbnail really well actually; very rich, natural, and expansive!

semi improv. yes, i know i'm rushing. composed and performed by Ellen Hardcastle. 

fractures

Written and performed by Aviv Goldgeier and Alexandra Tamashunas

Voices - Rough Demo

Military March by Beethoven, arranged for Wind Quintet

Beethoven - Zapfenstreiche No 2

A short piece I worked on during Spring Break of March 2017

Piano Moment 1

"Silk" was written for and premiered by Bearthoven at NYU Steinhardt, April 3rd, 2017.

Karl Larson, piano
Pat Swoboda, upright bass
Matt Evans, vibraphone and drum set

http://www.bearthoven.com/

Live recording by Aaron Garcia.
http://www.aarongarciacomposer.com/

Silk

Written and performed by Deem Spencer
Produced by Will Morris

Final mix by Spenser Williams

sex makes babies (prod. by wiw)

When I first began this piece, it started as a simple study in orchestration: combining timbre, texture, and gesture to form an immersive sound experience for the audience.  However, about half way through writing the piece, during the slower ‘B’ section featuring flute, harp, and viola, it became apparent that the piece was much more than just a simple compositional exercise. I realized that a journey of some sort was forming, but I still didn’t know quite where it was headed. I knew that much of the framework of the piece was inspired by nature, from the cascading waterfall of the woodwinds at the start, to the unexpected dance of planets in orbit during the climax, to glistening pointillistic textures reminiscent of light filtering through tree branches. Still, for a long while, I couldn’t place my finger on a fitting title. Finally, after having completed the piece, I came across a phrase from a poem titled “A Million Flecks of Light” by Janet Brennan whose use of vivid language and nature imagery resonated deeply with my intent for the piece. Thus, as a million flecks of light was born. It is my hope that as you listen to the piece, you will be suddenly and inexplicably carried away on an adventure, whether it be through a fluttering forest, or to the yet unexplored corners of the universe.

Conductor: Daniel Wiley; Flute: Tyra Thompson; Clarinet in Bb: Luke Ellard; Oboe: Carter Calkins; Bassoon: Ryan Ayres; Horn in F: Eric Hessle; Trombone: Austin Martinez; Tuba: Manuel Cardona; Harp: Danielle Cordray; Percussion 1: West Fox; Percussion 2: Jazper Saldana; Violin: Asia Charles; Viola: Isaiah Chapman; Cello: Nic Buck; Bass: Joseph Nuñez

as a million flecks of light (2017)

"Passionfruit" by Drake and "Lovefool" by The Cardigans performed by Tanners

Watch the music video here: https://youtu.be/Z75bIeXp5hY

Engineered by Mike MacAllister at Creekside Sound Studios
Produced by Tanners and Mike MacAllister
Backup Vocals by Julie Hardy
Drums played by Michael Caterisano
Mixed & Mastered by Artur Szerejko

Cover Photo by Rachel Cabitt
Cover Design by Vicky Forsyth-Smith

Passionfruit / Lovefool (cover)

Music by Chris Friedman
Lyrics by Jasmine Niquel Jackson
Performed by Chris Friedman and Margaret Sohn
Executive Producer: Connor Riley

Christmas Without You

Georgia Mills - Piano
Kevin Zetina - Percussion
Jay Sorce - Electric Guitar
Cole Bartels - Trombone
Katherine Ambrester - Soprano
Daniel Fawcett - Live Electronics

"in it & out of" is a work commissioned by the 2018 Nief-Norf Summer Festival in Knoxville TN, premiered on June 22, 2018. "in it & out of" is a work based on text from Yaz Lancaster's poem "clocks". The text makes observations about various phenomena in the natural world, and the ways in which our relationships to them are influenced by the passage of time. Similarly, "in it & out of" is built primarily of four consecutive miniatures, one for each of the phenomena described in the text. The entire sequence miniatures is bookended by flash-forward and flash-back versions of itself, contextualizing each texture and its handling of the passage of time with that of the others, realizing the text’s observation of phenomena moving “in” and “out” of time.

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