Gold Against the Gloom
-poems by Sara Teasdale-

I. The Kind Moon
II. Swallow Flight
III. The River
IV. Wood Song

Performed by Alexandra Smither, soprano and Wesley Ducote, piano
Shepherd School of Music, Rice University, May 2017

Senior Recital 2017

Gold Against the Gloom: IV. Wood Song

Gold Against the Gloom: III. The River

Gold Against the Gloom: II. Swallow Flight

Gold Against the Gloom: I. The Kind Moon

Queer Rosary (2022)
for SATB choir and piano
text by Giancarlo Latta

Performed by Clemson Cantorei
Anthony Bernarducci, conductor
Grace Berardo, collaborative pianist
Clemson University, April 2022

Queer Rosary

three short movements for three double basses
1. Take the Cake
2. Mariana's Song
3. Undeviate

Depth Perception (3 double basses)

For a capella choir
Performed by the Rice Chorale, March 2016
Text by Ralph Waldo Emerson:
Cloud upon cloud 
The world is a seeming, 
Feigns dying, but dies not, 
Corpses rise ruddy, 
Follow their funerals. 
Seest thou not brother 
Drops hate detachment, 
And atoms disorder, 
How they run into plants, 
And grow into beauties. 
The darkness will glow, 
The solitude sing

Cloud Upon Cloud (SATB)

Performed by Giancarlo Latta and Wesley Ducote as part of the 16X16 Project of encores by Rice composers, April 2016.

The Two Roads (violin | piano)

Written for the Deviant Septet for a reading session at Rice University in January 2017.

Skywriting (clarinet | bassoon | trumpet | trombone | percussion | violin | double bass)

1. whitest played cassette
2. uncouth and commandeering operators
3. where time unties the conformity of the mind...
4. ...to become free
5. my soul
6. your breathing is a candle

Notoriety Breeds Restlessness in the Tame Unilateral Consciousness (baritone | cello | piano)

Written for Abigail Fischer and Norman Fischer, performed at Rice University in November 2016.

For Those I Love (mezzo-soprano | cello)

For full orchestra. Premiered May 2012 by the Tucson Symphony Orchestra in Tucson, Arizona.

Reflections on a Silver Sky (full orchestra)

Imagine you’re walking through a forest. You can see the speckled sunlight filtering through the leaves of the trees, whispering in the wind. But as you blink and explore what you see, you begin to notice that something is slightly uncanny. The tree bark around you is silver, sparkles sticking to your hands as you touch them. The leaves are turquoise, the sky is a lavender purple. You come to a pond, feeling lighter than you should, and, looking into it, you notice that the water sparkles too, with a little bit of all the color of the forest. Pulling you toward its surface, the pond grips your senses and does not let you go. You feel yourself standing completely still and yet being pulled down into this wondrous, chilling vision. As you notice your own reflection, the one that you will never truly see, you know that you’re dreaming. Take these five minutes to live out that dream.

How To Make A Pond (live electronics)

For violin and cello. Premiered by Giancarlo Latta, violin and Jenaesha Iwaasa, cello in March 2014 at the Shepherd School of Music at Rice University in Houston, Texas.

Exit Left (violin | cello)

Emma Kent Wine (b. 1995) is a nationally-recognized composer whose music “testifies to wonder, vitality, sagacity, and nostalgia through profound simplicity” (The Boston Musical Intelligencer). A graduate of The Shepherd School of Music at Rice University, Emma earned her Bachelor’s of Music in Music Composition with Distinction in Research and Creative Works in 2017. 

Commissions include Windswept (2025), commissioned by Ars Lyrica Houston, Queer Rosary (2022), commissioned by Clemson Cantorei, a mixed-voice chamber choir at Clemson University, Assurance (2021) for soprano, horn, and piano, commissioned by Juventas New Music Ensemble, After Harvey (2018) for soprano and piano, commissioned by HGOco with text by Rukmini Kalamangalam, Houston’s 2018 Youth Poet Laureate, Liftoff (2017) for brass and percussion, commissioned for Rice University’s 2017 Undergraduate Convocation, and The Two Roads (2016), commissioned by violinist Giancarlo Latta.

When she’s not composing, you may find her reading historical fantasy or Star Wars novels, playing Ultimate Frisbee, or discovering a new hobby with her girlfriend.

www.emmakentwine.com

Emma Kent Wine

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