adrift
Composed by Tom Torrisi, March 2022
Performed by Duo Purla, March 2022, Buffalo, NY
Shannon Reilly, violin
Tom Torrisi, guitar

adrift (Live)

Flyby for guitar trio
Program note:
Flyby was composed in the summer of 2021. The title and the music recalls a specific location in the quiet woods of Genesee County Forest where a system of bird feeders surrounds wooden benches, allowing visitors to sit and watch as chickadees, nuthatches, downy woodpeckers, bluejays, and other bird varieties swoop and dive from one feeder to another, often close enough for one to hear the sound of their wings flapping. The "flyby" is a frequently executed gesture in which one bird will aim for the precise location at that moment occupied by another, and upon arrival will seem to instantaneously take its place as the original takes off to find a new place to eat. This playful, rapid changing of places is imitated throughout the piece in the way the three guitars pass musical gestures from one to the next. Flyby may be performed on three of any type of guitar (classical, acoustic, or electric), as long as they are all of the same type.

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Flyby (midi)

Creek Walk
Composed by Tom Torrisi, 2021
Performed by Duo Purla, March 2022, Buffalo, NY
Shannon Reilly, violin
Tom Torrisi, guitar

Creek Walk (Live)

Dawn Chorus for string quartet, flute, oboe, and clarinet

Composed in 2022

Dawn Chorus (midi)

Glittering Pines from Three Winter Scenes composed in 2021. Live performance at Southern Connecticut State University on March 11th 2023 for the College Music Society Northeast Regional Conference.

Three Winter Scenes was composed between 2020 and 2021 and was inspired, in part, by the time I spent exploring the natural landscapes of Western New York during those months, and discovering the hidden beauty that can be found in the outdoors, to those willing to endure the cold temperatures. Each piece in the set depicts a distinct experience of the winter season: Glittering Pines, a quiet walk through freshly fallen snow in dense pine woods as slivers of sunshine weave through green needles; Embers, a moment of lonely introspection as the last dying coals burn out in the fireplace; Festival Lights, an imaginary winter festival of singing, dancing, feasting and sharing of stories and aspirations as one year nears its end and another approaches. Having lived most of my life in the Northeastern United States I am well acquainted with the mysterious wonder, quiet stillness and jubilant celebrations that accompany the winter months.

Glittering Pines

Live performance of the second movement, Adagio from Joaquin Rodrigo's Concierto de Aranjuez. Recorded at George and Sharon Mabry concert hall on March 3rd 2013 with the APSU Symphony Orchestra.

Joaquin Rodrigo - Concierto De Aranjuez, II- Adagio (Live)

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