Experience the ominous soundtrack of a haunted house, where the music captures the certainty of something sinister lurking within.

Haunted House

"Estilhaços" or "Shards" in English reflects the vivid imagery that danced through my mind during its creation – the visual of the aftermath of a fragile cup shattered upon the ground, with its myriad glass fragments intertwining in a chaotic yet beautiful display. The piece was composed for three trumpets, and it has two movements.

Estilhaços - Gabriel Teixeira

The meaning of the word Gingado is close to the word "groove." While composing this piece, I aimed for a percussive approach to piano writing while improvising over some Brazilian rhythmic ideas. This piece is a good representation of my musical experiences from Brazil mixed with what I learned while living in the US. The parallel movement of chords is one of the aspects that made it possible to have a percussive approach to the piano.
My approach to making it a mixture of Brazil and the United States was to use some characteristic Jazz Harmonies.

World premiere performed by Joel Clifft, DMA.

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