gravity dances (2023) for clarinet, trombone, piano, percussion, violin, cello, and bass

i. stumbling dance
ii. sinking dance
iii. hurtling dance

Performed June 2023 at the Norfolk New Music Workshop
Norfolk Contemporary Ensemble
Ning Zhang, clarinet 
Yuki Mori, trombone
Makana Medeiros, percussion
Liam Wooding, piano
 Lauren Conroy, violin
Thomas Hung, cello
Alyssa Peterson, double bass
Lisa Moore, conductor

Thumbnail: "Falling Apart" by Sarah Schonert

gravity dances (2023) for septet

Performer: Dana Jessen
Recording Engineer: Ryan Garvey

Using decollage, I rework F. Scott Fitgerald's text, "The Crack-Up." Cities of dreams poetically retells Fitzgerald's work that negotiates his relationship to mental illness, alcoholism, impostor syndrome, and the desire to find success in the arts; all things that have played rolls in my life. This work is composed in collaboration with Jessen's improvisational practice.

cities of dreams

Ballade for Piano and Orchestra
Live Recording Musica Viva Munich
Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
Nicolas Hodges
Johannes Kalitzke

Ballade for Piano and Orchestra

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Hildegard von Bingen's antiphon O rubor sanguinis (O ruby blood), written to Saint Ursula

O rubor sanguinis

composer. performer. improviser.
Ph.D. Student in Composition, UChicago

cities of dreams

Ryan Garvey

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