Name: String Meditation (2018), for string orchestra (all levels) by piargno
Duration: 5 min 10 s
Description: performed by the String Orchestra at South High School, Minneapolis. This orchestra comprises players with a range of experience on their instruments. This work was composed as part of a project for the McKnight Visiting Composers fellowship.

World premiere performance of "Colorful Open Space" (2023) for cello and piano, 2 June 2023. This piece was commissioned by the Colorado State Music Teachers Association for their 2023 CSMTA conference at CSU Pueblo, where Anthony R. Green was the selected commissioned composer. The piece is written for and dedicated to Mathieu D'Ordine.

Mathieu D'Ordine, cello
Anthony R. Green, piano & composition

Colorful Open Space (2023)

This piece depicts what one may experience while at the mechanic for a car tune-up in the middle of a storm.

Storming At The Mechanic

Listening Disclaimer: No copyright infringement intended. This piece was written and edited for a class last fall. It is not intended for resell or sharing but simply a message I wished to put out to the public in a time of extreme political frustration.

Don't Care

Performed by Geoffrey Carter (Baritone) and Dr. Robert Rhein (piano)
This song exudes the experiences of "dating" and "courtship" for the average Millennial, including myself. I thought it interesting and clever to set the tune 
 in melodic juxtaposition with texts that hints towards the Elizabethan era.

"For I Love You" for Baritone and Piano

I wrote this piece on whelm one day after an argument with a heated relative as way to calm myself down and it simply has stuck. It's one that resonates personally with me all to well.

Stan' Still Jordan

performed by the String Orchestra at South High School, Minneapolis. This orchestra comprises players with a range of experience on their instruments. This work was composed as part of a project for the McKnight Visiting Composers fellowship.

String Meditation (2018), for string orchestra (all levels)

SLEEP is a science-fiction chamber opera by Anthony R. Green (music) and Clio Em (libretto) that tells the story of two women – an Organic (human woman) and a Mech(her technological copy) - who look exactly alike. They are stuck in a testing centre dormitory and regard each other during a sleepless night. Each woman sings about how she will defeat the other – the triumph of one will mean the death of her twin|opponent. Sometimes their vocal lines join; sometimes they diverge. Their perspectives mirror each other but have subtle, significant differences. 

This workshop version was put on by Chants libres as part of their Works in progress concerts on March 16 and 17, 2019 at Gesù at Quartier des spectacles, Montréal.

Image by Hali Rey.

Anthony Green/Clio Em - SLEEP - Chants libres workshop version

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String Meditation (2018), for string orchestra (all levels)

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