A sneek peek at my first popp-ier song. Hope you enjoy :)

Crows sneek peek

The Nightingale's Death

Performance by: Pamela Stein Lynde (sop), Helix! New Music Ensemble: Sara Shin (flute), Anthony Ciccone (clarinet), Yinbin Qian (violin), Patrick Hopkins (cello), Michael Bulychev-Okser (piano)
Recording session 9 December 2015

I Am Not Yours is a poem by American poet Sara Teasdale (1884 - 1933) published in 1917 in her Pulitzer Prize-winning collection Love Songs. This setting of Teasdale's text is an exploration in word painting, the textural context of the poem, and a reflection of my understanding of the poem. The contrasting progression of the poem's narrative from declarative resistance in the opening line to uneasy and then relinquishing capitulation allowed for the compositional structure to also reflect that shift, while exploring the text's tonal duality in the inner sections. I chose to use microtones in the Soprano to reflect the uncertainty and nervous movement of the text, while also creating a lush atmosphere for the delivery of the text.

I Am Not Yours

Futile Devices cover

A brief Beatles recording plays out of a speaker... the orchestra latches onto three notes, spinning them out into 482 (extremely short!) micro variations.

Queensland Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: Alondra de la Parra

Download the score: goo.gl/PiFykV

482 Variations on a Very Short Theme

UPDATE: Marking one year from II.14.2018 #NeverAgain A somewhat surreal musical meditation on North American gun violence, and the cultural insanity of hired-gun, corrupt politicians, people for whom Money & Power count for more than the lives of their own Children & excellence in Education. "Pure insanity...." indeed.

Special thanks to my friend, new music Australian trombone virtuoso, Simone de HAAN. His sound and incredible musicianship was, as always, the inspiration for this little occasional project...

IMAGE: Buddhist Prayer Flags, Montana Blue Sky, EWAM, Arlee, MONTANA, USA

SUNSHINE & KITTENS, a musical reflection on cultural insanity, Simone de HAAN, solo trombone

Memories

Is there no thinking?

Here is a live recording of Jump! by Robert Davidson, created in Lockdown.

Jump! by Robert Davidson

I sometimes almost lose faith in humanity. I had when I wrote this. Please do listen to this message, small amount of people who will hear this. Sorry if it makes you sad. 

Is there no thinking?

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