These short excerpts showcase Debra Kaye's skill in writing for wind instruments. Varying instrumentations are also represented, showing the visceral quality, breadth of styles, colors, textures and moods, the skill and imagination of composer Debra Kaye.  

Credits:
1st & 2nd excerpts
"a deafening silence"
Commissioned by Carl Gutowski
Carl Gutowski, flute; Marcia Eckert, piano

3rd excerpt
"Ikarus Among the Stars"
Commissioned by the Portland Youth Philharmonic, David Hattner, conductor

4th excerpt
"zen poem 2"
Commissioned by Kyo-Shin-An Arts
James Nyoraku Schleffer, shakuhachi; David Yang, viola; Hikaru Tamaki, cello

All excerpts are drawn from Kaye's Navona Records releases,
IKARUS AMONG THE STARS (2023) & TIME IS THE SEA WE SWIM IN (2024)

Sampler of Excerpts - Mostly Winds

Time and Memory: A Suite for Flute and Harp in Six Movements

Composed by: Brandon K Smith
Commissioned and premiered by: Memoduo
Flute: Elisa Moles
Harp: Molly O'Roark
Premiered: August 3rd 2023 at National Flute Association in Phoenix, Arizona
This suite was included in the multimedia presentation "RELIVE" directed by Vijay Rajan

Movements:
1. Midnight
2. Sunrise
3. Morning
4. Afternoon
5. Sunset
6. Afternoon

Time and Memory: Suite for Flute and Harp (Excerpts)

An instrumental progressive rock track(excerpt) experimental.

Rock Suites, shorts

Surreal Ideas #297, instrumental rock*

Rock Suites

Potpourri for New Year, instrumentals*

An experimental symphonic jazz, instrumental (excerpt).

Surreal Scapes #529, instrumental*

Improvising on guitar, bass & drums, jamming.

Amazed by the Sight, rock trio*

Improvising on a King Crimson track with piano, strings, guitar, bass & drums.
Enjoy!

Improvising on King Crimson, experimental*

Jamming(excerpt) piano, seven string bass & drums. Having fun.

Above the Clouds, trio jamming*

An experimental rock mix, instrumental. Three track excerpts in one.

Jumping for Joy, rock mix*

An experimental duet, piano and jazz drums. Experimental, jamming and having fun. Improvising on Starless, an original track by King Crimson.

Falls From a Violet Sky

An improvisation(excerpt) on electric piano and a custom seven string bass, jamming and having fun. Enjoy!

Two Vinyl Records

Debra Kaye is an award winning composer of contemporary classical music whose visceral language blends her classical roots with wide ranging contemporary influences.

Brandon K Smith (b. 1994) is a composer and arranger based in Atlanta, Georgia. In November 2021, he was selected as the 2022 commissioned composer for the Georgia Music Teachers Association, where he will present a suite for flute and harp at the association’s annual conference. In November 2019, He was commissioned to write a choral/orchestral composition for Coro Vocati, a professional choir based in Atlanta. The piece “Starry Night” was premiered February 2020 and was also featured on NPR “City Lights”. In April 2020, he received first place in the musical composition category of the Georgia State Undergraduate Research Conference, for a composition dedicated to mathematical techniques in traditional flamenco music. He has also received commissions from acclaimed ensembles Memoduo and Libertalia Philharmonic. He received his master’s and bachelor’s degrees at the Georgia State University School of Music.

Brandon is also an avid performer, teacher, and director in the Atlanta area. In 2019 he founded Leading Tone, Georgia State’s first chamber choir and he currently serves as the group’s artistic director and primary vocal arranger. Performing credits include concerts with acclaimed composers Eric Whitacre and Caroline Shaw, and acclaimed ensembles Georgia State University Singers and the University of Pittsburgh Men’s Glee Club. Teaching credits include piano and voice lessons with Play More Music in Atlanta and Bach to Rock Music School in Alpharetta. He currently serves as the artistic operations coordinator for the Georgia Symphony Orchestra, the tenor section leader at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, and on the advisory board of the Peach State Opera. He has also written articles that have been featured in the periodical The Collective. Upcoming projects include A Late Bloom-an album of original art songs, and an original chamber opera.

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