Wonderful writing for strings! There is something special about the resonance and possibitiies in a quartet of cellos. This a beautifly engaging piece--and great performance.

Just playing around with delays and buffers in SuperCollider. Pretty cool.

Transmission from Spaces in Between

A Cappella cover, OPB Rihanna

Arrangement, all vocals, and editing by Katherine Bodor
Mixing by Jacob Tourjeman of The Vocal Company
Mastering by Dave Sperandio of Vocal Mastering

Sledgehammer

Commissioned by The Detroit Composers' Project
Art by Lucy Brinckerhoff

Ben Rogers, cello
Wesley Hornpetrie, cello
Kellen Degnan, cello
Hanna Rumora, cello

Skyfishing is a term used to describe the act of searching the sky for extraterrestrial activity, however the piece has nothing to do with UFOs themselves. During the moment in between hearing the term from a friend and learning what it meant, I was taken to this mental snapshot of some guy sitting out in a field casting a fishing line up into the sky, and looking beyond the scene in front of him for his catch. This image is the starting and ending point of the piece, which is a landscape whose scale dwarfs our world, looking both at the idyllic scene that this guy is actively taking part in as well as what this guy must see beyond the limits of our sky. Coming from this place of wonder about and appreciation for the natural world in the grand scale, Skyfishing seeks to capture that magnitude of beauty and tranquility as a cosmic pastorale.

Skyfishing (2018)

Will Rowe (b. 1992) is a composer of classical music from Oxford, Michigan. Early into his compositional career, his works are receiving performances both in the U.S. and internationally by such ensembles as the Camerata Silesia Katowice, ensemble mise-en, and the Seattle Metropolitan Chamber Orchestra. He is a graduate from Indiana University Jacobs School of Music’s M.M. in Composition program, and served as the Assistant Director of their New Music Ensemble during his time there. Currently, Will lives in New York City, where he curates risk-taking contemporary chamber music with Seth Boustead in their series, Concept Lab. In addition to his involvement in composition, Will is also an active cellist, specializing in the performance of new chamber music.

wrowe.music@gmail.com

Skyfishing (2018)

Will Rowe - Composer

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