TASCAM DR-44WL

Babbling Brook

Joseph Swift, bassoonist & commissioner
Calvin Hu, pianist

Premiered live on December 18, 2021 at Schare Recital Hall

i.C.u

“the leaves scatter like foam” is a phrase penned by the poet Mark Strand in his significant work, Dark Harbor. I ran across it while flipping through an anthology of modern poetry, hungry to find a string of words that would bring meaning to the music I had written, as a flashlight’s beam brings brilliance to the shadows. I came to associate the piece and the line of poetry together, arriving at a sense of meaning in the following collection of ideas:

Delicate, aimless flitting; butterfly-like
Gleams of brilliance, some bashful, others pronounced
Profound beauty packaged in fleeting moments
Contending with impermanence

Thank you to my friend Alizabeth Nowland, who located that random line of poetry after I was convinced I would never find it again.

The Leaves Scatter Like Foam

from 8 Etudes in Octaves for Solo Piano. Composed and performed by Karalyn Schubring.

8 Etudes in Octaves

I. Lilt

II. Skip

III. Wane

IV. Flutter

V. Riff

VI. Gleam

VII. Resound

VIII. Shimmer

Sunburst

Performed by Michael Hernandez, Soprano Saxophone, and Karalyn Schubring, Piano

Karalyn Schubring's Album

The Journey

Lua Azul

from "Story of the Stars"

Karalyn Schubring, Piano

Composed 2012

Recorded by Sly Pup Productions Fall 2017

III.

Live recording of premiere performance by Koinonia Trio March 26, 2018.

Ignite

Live World Premiere recording February 16th, 2018. Performed by Jeff Siegfried, Soprano Saxophone, and Karalyn Schubring, Piano.

VI. Tango!

V. Not too Smooth

IV. Waltzing/Floating

III. Seven Can Samba

II. Glancing

I. It Don't Mean a Thing!

Performed February 22, 2019 in Hill Auditorium, Ann Arbor, MI.

Performed by the University of Michigan Philharmonia Orchestra with Elias Miller, conductor, and Karalyn Schubring, piano.

Piano Concerto No. 1, Mvt. 3

Composed in 2018 for the ZOFO piano duo under the aegis of the Gabriela Lena Frank Creative Academy of Music.

Live performance recording in Boonville, CA on November 12, 2018.

karalyn schubring

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