Heather Green, voice
Klaus Sallmann, piano

The Paddlers' Song
by Russell Edson

. . . Paddling for twenty years against the current. We haven't moved. If anything, we've lost.
      But the river closes the wounds of our displacements with neither scar nor pit.
      The shore was always there. We could have tied our boat and come as far.
      We might even have landed and put leaves together and had a roof, and watched the river with a pleasure grown aesthetic; the river that closes the wounds of our displacements with neither scar nor pit.
      We might have traveled inland to great cities to sit in drawing rooms; and against the mild baritone of cellos heard clever persons so describe the human condition as a place on a river, where men drown in the soft sounds of rushing water; the river that closes the wounds of our dis-placements with neither scar nor pit.
      We might even have 􀀁own (in the Twentieth Century men 􀀁ew), to see the river of our struggle as one more thread from the great head of oceans . . . River that closes the wounds of our displacements with
neither scar nor pit . . .

The Paddlers' Song (2021)

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

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

The Paddlers' Song (2021)

Will Rowe - Composer

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