Affection

recorded on Voice Memos @ pinkFROG cafe
4-20-24

Tomorrow
music by Charles Strouse 
lyrics by Martin Charnin

Tomorrow

!A!B!C!D! is a piece exploring an abrupt “!” transition before and between four distinct sections (A, B, C, D). A motive of a short descending scale is heard at the beginning and exists in different forms throughout the piece. The four sections are meant to be untied formally so as to exaggerate the abrupt transition. The “!” transition could be compared to clicking between tabs on a browser, or changing a channel. 

This recording is a performance (April 2, 2016) by the UNCSA orchestra under the baton of Christopher Lees. The performance took place at Crawford hall in UNCSA's campus. I am extremely grateful to the musicians and conductor for putting so much effort into the piece while having little time to learn it. 

!A!B!C!D!

What It's Worth is a short film created as a collaboration between students at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts. The film was completed in December 2015. Everyone involved in the project put in a large amount of effort in a short period of time. 

Text by Tony Jenkins
Produced by Samantha Richardson and Elizabeth Fletcher
Directed by Elizabeth Fletcher
Editor and Audio Engineer - Thomas Wakefield
Music by Oliver Glynn

Performers / Singers:
Kevin Periman
Taylor Boone
David Maize
Alexandra Pawlus
Samantha Richardson
Samantha Johnson
Madeline Hardy
Tony Jenkins

Piano - Oliver Glynn 
Bass - Emani Barber and Sarah Bryant

Director of Photography - Dri Sommer
Gaffer - Becky Hewitt
G&E - Tyler Harmon-Townsend and Joshua Ruffner
First AC - Riede Dervay

There is not a public medium for the film currently, but I will update this description when there is. 

What It's Worth

This recording is from a performance on April 13, 2016. 
Thanks to these goats:
Nathalie Schmalhofer - Violin
Clare Yu - Violin
Madeleine Hübler - Viola
Benjamin Maxwell - Cello

View is a stand-alone movement for string quartet. References to the song Getting to Know You written by Richard Rogers and Oscar Hammerstein can be heard throughout. I named the piece after I heard a rehearsal of it and thought of a particular view looking over the James River and city skyline in Richmond, VA. The image with this track is a portion of that view.

View

This piece was co-composed by Nicholas Karr and Oliver Glynn.

"Numbers That Are Pleasant Together" is an exploration of polyrhythms. Each member of the quartet has headphones giving them a click tempo that is different from the other three players. The result of the overlapping tempos creates a steady 11 over 7 over 5 over 3 polyrhythm. 

A 12 tone row derived from numbers in the golden ratio is also embedded in parts of the piece.

This recording is from a performance on December 4th, 2016. 
(the audio starts shortly after the beginning of the piece: I forgot to record at first)

Soprano Sax - Caleb Carpenter
Alto Sax - Kyle Greaney
Tenor Sax - Timothy Bachman
Baritone Sax - Andrew Hasher

Numbers That Are Pleasant Together (December 2016 performance)

This recording is taken from a session in February 2017, with the Daedalus String Quartet.
http://www.daedalusquartet.com/

They are fantastic players. Also, they were extremely helpful and supportive of myself and the other young composers involved in the recording session. 

This is the first of three movements.

From Cliff to Crest: introduction mvt. one

This recording is taken from a session in February 2017, with the Daedalus String Quartet.
http://www.daedalusquartet.com/

They are fantastic players. Also, they were extremely helpful and supportive of myself and the other young composers involved in the recording session. 

This is the second of three movements.

From Cliff to Crest: disarray mvt. two

This recording is taken from a session in February 2017, with the Daedalus String Quartet.
http://www.daedalusquartet.com/

They are fantastic players. Also, they were extremely helpful and supportive of myself and the other young composers involved in the recording session. 

This is the third of three movements.

From Cliff to Crest: consolation mvt. three

This recording is from a performance in UNCSA's Watson Hall on October 28, 2017.

John Glynn - Horn
Oliver Glynn - Piano

'One of my earliest introductions to composition was writing short pieces for my father and I to play. The voice of the horn has remained an influence throughout my writing. "Atticus Toast" is referring to the character Atticus Finch from Haper Lee's novel To Kill a Mockingbird. Although I am sure Atticus would enjoy some toast, I am using the word as a verb not as a food.'

Atticus Toast (October 2017 performance)

This recording is from a performance in UNCSA's Watson Hall on October 28, 2017.

Mezzo-Soprano soloist – Sara Roberts
Piano - Oliver Glynn
                                              Sopranos:
Logan Trotter 
Madelyn Ward 
Peyton Marion
                                              Tenors:
AJ Robinson 
Christian Burleson 
Micah White
                                               Altos:
Sara Roberts 
Veronica Siebert
                                               Basses:
Jalen Hicks 
Eric Powell 
Scott Lee

'This piece is an exploration of how the world and our thoughts often change at night. Sometimes it fills us with calm, or anticipation, or turmoil. Occasionally we are awe-inspired to see the world blanketed in stars.'

Poems:
Sleepy Birds (translated from Romanian)
by Mihai Eminescu 

When I Heard the Learn'd Astronomer
by Walt Whitman

Nighttime Search (October 2017 performance)

Just little bleeps and boops
mostly a repository of old music

Affection

j

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