Hey hey Kitty! 
I'm petting a dog!
I'm petting a dog!
Whatcha think about that?
Hey hey Kitty! 
I'm petting a dog!
But when I'm done
Then I'll pet the cat
That's you!

So don't you get jealous
Or bent outta shape
You'll get your turn soon enough
Hey hey Kitty! 
I'm petting a dog!
But I'm about to give you some love
That's right!
You're next on the list for my love!

Hey Hey Kitty (I'm Petting a Dog)

Janitor Short - Mark Phillips (serial Podcast)

Peter Sheppard Skaerved, violin
Performance in the Hockett Family Recital Hall at Ithaca College
Ithaca, NY – 04/19/2017

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Miserere is the first word in Latin of Psalm 51, which could be translated to “Have mercy” or “Have pity.” I composed MISERERE for solo violin after a period in which I had not completed any music — if the reader could only imagine what it means for a creator not to have the time or energy to create!

When I sat down to write this quasi-rhapsodic work, I found myself reciting not the first word “Miserere” of this psalm, but rather the hopeful verse “Domine, labia mea aperies: et os meum anuntiabit laudem tuam” (O Lord, open thou my lips, and my mouth shall declare thy praise). Still unsure why this came to my mind when I started composing after 10 months: the only reason I can think of is that this is the invitation recited in the catholic liturgy (in which I was raised), at the beginning of the first rite in the morning. As I was to begin a new era in Ithaca, NY, and as I had sharpened my pencils and readied my papers to compose once again, I prayed for music to pour forth from my heart once more.

It is my hope, then, that both performer and listener can find in MISERERE a sonic landscape in which feelings of vulnerability and humility come forth. Most importantly, at the end of the work the ascending melody can be heard as an awakening back into life — I am creating once more. I am alive, and I am thankful.

MISERERE was composed for and dedicated to Peter Sheppard Skærved, with all my gratitude.

Ithaca, NY – November 2016

"Miserere" for solo violin (Live @ Ithaca College 04/19/2017)

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Still seeking premiere.

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While each work of the cycle is conceived as an autonomous organism, they all stem from the same pursuit: exploring the musical dimensions of shadows. This is done in two primary ways: first, in the exploration of minute gradations of sound parameters such as pitch, timbre, and dynamics; second, in the reflections and refractions of the same sound object across the different timbres of the instrument or the ensemble. A third, perhaps more metaphorical concept of shadows in ‘Skiagrafies’ is related to the way in which memory is engaged: each piece grows by continuously recalling and recasting distorted copies of previous material, effectively creating a veil of shadows upon shadows of the initial archetypal gesture. Time does not flow linearly, but in concentric circles, dynamic development giving way to introspective, dream-like contemplation of minute sonic spaces.

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