NIGHTMUSIC (2021) for oboe and electronics
Keri McCarthy, oboe

Nightmusic (2021) is a set of three lyrical meditations for oboe and electronics. The melancholic “Half-light” opens the work with a lingering, lamenting melody reflecting on the desolation I have often associated with twilight. “Adrift” expresses the time-suspended state between wakefulness and sleep with a languid solo line laid over a warm bed of gentle bells and resonances. The pulsating harmony and low, lulling melody of the closing movement, “Oblivion,” evoke the quietude and forgetfulness of sleep.

Nightmusic was composed as a gift to my WSU School of Music colleague Keri McCarthy, who has been a wise and invaluable mentor and a wonderful friend to me. It is my hope that I can reflect back to her some of the generosity of spirit she has shown to me and to all of her students and colleagues.

You can check out a scrolling score video of Nightmusic at https://youtu.be/n1zuwHKA03Q

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Nightmusic (2021) for oboe and electronics

Composer, percussionist, and guitarist. Ears wide open. Recently a professor of composition and music theory at Washington State University, currently catching my breath.

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