This recording was created as part of the 2021 June in Buffalo Festival, with each performer recording individually and remotely during the COVID-19 pandemic. 

Ensemble Signal, Brad Lubman, conductor; Kelli Kathman, flutes; Lisa Moore, piano; Courtney Orlando, violin; Isabel Hagen, viola; Lauren Radnofsky, cello. Sound Engineering, editing, mixing and mastering by Paul Coleman.
[June 2021]

orbit (n.):
The curved path of a celestial object or spacecraft round a star, planet, or moon, especially a periodic elliptical revolution.
(Oxford Dictionary)

orbit explores the gesture of circular motion in music and the juxtaposition of quick, cyclical motifs with slow, oscillating textures. Along with this idea of circular motion is the constant shift in timbre and colour, resulting in a sense of movement and energy in the music.

orbit (for mixed quintet) - Ensemble Signal / June in Buffalo

Premiered by MSM Symphony Orchestra
Kyle Ritenauer, Conductor

Adonai - Euna Joh

Baptism

SATB Choir a cappella

Peabody Conservatory NEXT Ensemble, Beth Willer, Conductor


Awakening at Dawn is the surrealist inspired poem written by Rahzé Cheatham for our second collaboration. When I first received the poem, I was most struck by the mention of looking out through a window. Just a week prior I had seen the Edward Hopper exhibition at the Whitney Museum. Seeing his work made me acutely aware of windows as looking glasses into various private spheres of life as well as the idea of exploring fantasy within the typically mundane. I came across Hopper’s Cape Cod Morning which became my visual inspiration for setting the first stanza of Rahzé’s poem. The emphasis on a subject beyond the canvas which the painting’s figure is captivated by also became influential in how I approached the rest of the poem. My goal was to embody this awe-inspiring feeling of seeing “it...There, far in the distance” through a mix of improvisatory, bubbling gestures and concretely notated harmonies.

Awakening at Dawn

VIDEO https://youtu.be/FDjNav6gvLw

"un-controlling" for cello, piano and two ebows composed by Dika Chartoff (ASCAP 2022) 

Dave Eggar, cello
Clare Longendyke, piano
Christian Amonson, recording engineer
Louis Ng, recording engineer

In memory and celebration of my friend Ben who was a wonderful friend to so many; amazing son, brother and father; a passionate surfer and sailor who lost his life to suicide after a long battle with depression.

During the opening, characterized as Poetico quasi senza mesura (poetic and unmeasured), the e-bow is used as an ostinato - a constant sound triggered by a magnet that vibrates the piano strings. Essentially, it’s a noise that’s calming and seductive at times, but much like depression, or tinnitus, it’s an unwelcome guest. The second part, giocoso (lively and humorous), is an innocent and technical interlude that culminates in climbing adrenaline; such as surfing a giant wave. Finally, Lento Irrealmente (slow and surreal) is a free fall of reverberating, vibrations and letting go. The e-bow is not present at that moment and perhaps a sense of hope, is restored.

un-controlling

Burnt Shadows on Broken Mirrors

Le Rayon Vert (2024) for accordion
Composer: William Martin
https://willmartincomposer.com/

Performed by Helena Sousa Estévez
https://helenasousa.com/

Le Rayon Vert (2024) for accordion

dusk events

For Ensemble Linea:

Keiko Murakami, flute
Andrea Nagy, bass clarinet
Carolina Santiago Martínez, piano 
Helena Sousa Estévez, accordion
Ernst Spyckerelle, violin
Laurent Camatte, viola 
Johannes Burghoff, cello
Jean Philippe-Wurtz, conductor

Barbed Gossamer - for Ensemble Linea

please listen with headphones — the beginning is very quiet!

performed by the Argus Quartet
May 6, 2019
Alice Tully Hall, New York

drip music

Detroit Symphony

Kraken_Chapter I

Emma is currently pursuing a DMA in music composition at the Peabody Institute of Johns Hopkins University in the studio of Felipe Lara, from which she has also earned her MM in the studios of Oscar Bettison and Eric Wubbels.  Emma also holds Bachelor’s degrees in music composition and oboe performance from Chapman University where she studied with Jeffrey Holmes, Sean Heim, Vera Ivanova, and Ted Sugata. Her music is registered with ASCAP, and her works are self-published.
Learn more at emmatuckermusic.com

Barbed Gossamer - for Ensemble Linea

Emma Tucker

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