"my butterflies" for wind orchestra
Performed by Ensemble 20+, conducted by Michael Lewanski

My Butterflies for wind orchestra

Pour Me Another

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Wolves (SNL 40)

Glacial Loop (Microclimate III): An evocative journey by boat to the foot of the Briksdalsbreen glacier. One of four works in the Microclimate III-VI set.

Glacial Loop (2007, extract from MCIII-VI)

Robert Ragoonanan, cond.
Paul Mizzi, flute
Erin Cameron, bass clarinet
Aleksander Tengesdal, cello
Jacob Sandridge, piano
Michael Keller, percussion

Recorded March 4, 2016, BGSU Graduate Student Conference. Storm-maker/dream-maker integrates opposing melodic segments that work against one another throughout the piece. The duality in the title is a depiction of this conflict. Storm-maker/dream-maker was premiered in June 2015 at the Charlotte New Music Festival by the Great Noise Ensemble. The premiere included a dance collaboration with choreographer Jaclyn O'Toole.

Jacob Sandridge

storm-maker / dream-maker

01 Natasha Barrett - Little Animals

Aerobiosis

from a solo performance at The Club in Banff, AB, Canada, during the Late Fall 2018 Banff Musicians in Residence program

Fable – Live at the Banff Centre

Premiered April 2019 in Duncan Recital Hall

Joshua Hong, conductor
Megan Torti, flute/piccolo
Julia Simpson, oboe/english horn
Justin Best, clarinet
Julianne Mulvey, bassoon
Shawn Zheng, horn
Ayman Abouleish, trumpet
Zach Glaser, trombone
Joe Desotelle and Justin Kang, percussion
Wesley Ducote, piano
Mae Osawa and Julianne Oh, violins
Sarah Mason, viola
Nathan Hsu, cello
Rachel Martin, bass

Image: Achilles Mourning the Death of Patroclus, by Cy Twombly

as the light begins to drift (2019) for sinfonietta

Shepherd School Symphony Orchestra
Joshua Hong, Conductor
Stude Concert Hall, Rice University
December 6, 2019

Narratives which feature some form of systematic overthrow fascinate me.  Increase is a study in various methods of escalating dramatic tension on both small and large scales, and in allowing a seemingly inconsequential idea to gradually rise to the foreground. The piece features three contrasting primary motives, each of which requires a different strategy for intensification.  Two of these motives – a simple melody and a repetitive, almost mechanical six-note figure – are juxtaposed in conflict to form the overarching structure of the work.  
The first half of the piece centers around the melody and seeks to escalate the tension by intensifying it.  The repetitive rhythmic figure meanwhile lurks in the background.  Shortly after the melody reaches its dramatic peak, the rhythmic figure suddenly and forcefully shifts from the background to the foreground while exponentially becoming faster.  This provides context for the overarching sense of acceleration which occurs over the course of the piece.

storm-maker / dream-maker

Jake

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