Gaudeamus 2021

Classical

Post Zappa Orch

When I look around myself for an idea, when I feel as though I have nothing to work with, when I feel as though I am nothing, when I've been made to feel that I am nothing, I look to the strong women that surround me for inspiration. Women's stories are tales of strength, perseverance, fire, and drive. And as the tides of history churn, gaining momentum, it's no longer dangerous to declare that now it's our turn--the women's turn.

The text for this piece is: "Hush now, baby. Don't say a word. Now it's time for the women's turn."

Don't say a word (2017) // Eighth Blackbird & Annika Socolofsky

Monodies are supposed to be sad... well whatever.

Monody - A FatRat Orchestration

Remastered by Houman (https://soundcloud.com/houmans)

Flying in the Dream

Circle of Loneliness

Circle Of Loneliness

Art: https://www.instagram.com/p/Bh4Nz9mgIgW/?taken-by=maruti_bitamin

Glint

Recording from May 18th, 2018.

Written for two alto saxophones, trombone, piano, percussion, and electric guitar.

A big thank you to my performers, Ana Kupstas, Kyle Jones, Sarah Manley, Hidemi Minagawa, Sandra Chang, and Sean McFarland.  Alongside my conductors, Hilo Carriel and Jisoo Kim. And my recording engineer, Anthony Staiti.

Sobering

I tried to compose this piece in a similar way to how I composed Bismuth Marvel (https://soundcloud.com/sundr9000/bismuth-marvel).

Image by wjlonien [CC BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], from Wikimedia Commons.

Best Compositions

Barium Marble

About MED:
A master piece series dedicated to find a balance between contemporary Medicine, Technology and Nature. It intends to explore the boundaries of Live code performance and it uncognitive Proportions for Ambiental Music or Meditation.


med ii  Cosmoetic

ABA Microsound study made by Crackles and LFNoise for ambiental music. It is played by a
cellist with three Ndefs on it is input.

MED II Cosmoetic (20190120)

AMET aka Elsa M'bala is a sound artist. Her first EP was produced by Ole Brolin and Elsa M'bala in 2016/2017 in Berlin, Germany. With a remix by DJ PETIT SING,  produced by Berlin community Radio.

eding i ne

Anitra Jellema - stem
Hans Koolmees - electronica

MERZ 3 - Zwölf

Crooked Still is a reflection on the ongoing pandemic. The piece takes its name from the fact that things are, well, still crooked. The piece explores different phases of the pandemic from the beginning up until our current state. In the beginning the piece mimics the uncertainty and confusion felt by many in the early days of the pandemic - this feeling is shown by making use of extended techniques in the piano, as well as unclear and somewhat meandering tonal language. This is undercut by a short but hopeful section played on "just" the keys, and that moves quickly on to the last "section" of the piece - a sudden change to a rather rhythmic and driving texture. This is meant to signify humanity's resilience and drive to keep going, to find a cure, and to survive.

Sobering

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