Concert version for brass quintet and live electronics, commissioned by Shriver Hall. (Installation version for overhead wavefield synthesis and video projection commissioned by EMPAC.)

[there are subwoofer bass frequencies present - use good headphones or larger speakers for best effects, not earbuds]

Audio documentation of the world premiere performance.  American Brass Quintet at Shriver Hall, December 8, 2019. (P.S. this was premiered on my birthday, and it was basically the best birthday present ever - thank you ABQ!)

Program Note:
Spending time in the chambers of ancient ruins and the cavities of basilicas and churches has led to a fascination with the interaction of architecture, light, and acoustics in relation to the human spectator. The different window types (from oculus to clerestory to stained glass) guide our relationships with the spaces, recanting visual stories as they divert beams of light in paths of illumination throughout the course of the day. The same is true of the sonic qualities of these, often vast, spaces. Within "The Glow that Illuminates, The Glare that Obscures" I take the brass performance tradition of the madrigals and motets of Renaissance polyphony and pass sourced quotations through a compositional prism. The resultant fragments are illuminated and obscured in the composition through the use of antiphonal and heterophonic writing, density and silence.  Fragments of Josquin's Miserere, a spare and austere motet setting of Psalm 51, jostle our memory as they are stretched and ornamented throughout the ritualistic sonic space.

The Glow that Illuminates, the Glare that Obscures (2019) for brass quintet + elec (concert version)

Played, Improvised & Produced by Martin Reed,
Inspirational, Improvistional &  Musical Readings By Diva Zappa.

The 6th Of Strength Feat Diva Zappa - Tranquility in Khaos Remaster

Method: Voice, arpeggiator, pedals, effects.
Narration: A nod to Terence McKenna.

Lyrics / copyright jo richter:

(The story:)
A child, he strolled into the forbidden garden and listened to its floral, fungal, lophophoral and ayahuascan inhabitants. To humans, he talked about what he had gathered in these excursions. It's hardly ever the plants who forbid entry, he said, the flaming-sword angel was installed only by human grandiosity. It's not all paradise either, he continued, you'd better learn to tiptoe around some areas. He was certain that the current disconnect made us less than we originally were. Sadly, the highway of reason features no roundabouts or off-ramps, leads to uninhabitable wastelands. He remained optimistic for he saw our toy highways only as fancy ornaments in a garden far larger than human comprehension. Once play-time is up, we will re-emerge in the real.

(The poem:)
this one talks through his nostrils
for only the nosy apes will know
about bright, invisible landscapes
their tree is rooted in, deeply

this one is water walking the desert
to sit with, to dance with, to listen
to fountains and mountains, to mushroom
mycelium, to planets and plants

this one creates convergence
twixt a species lost and relations found
the thin line dividing terror and awe
has to be crossed for healing, for good

nod to terence

Nod To Terence

One Is Too Few, for prepared piano.
Performed by Kate Ledger.

Read about the piece: https://micheleabondano.com/2022/09/13/one-is-too-few/

Score: https://www.babelscores.com/catalogs/instrumental/7785-one-is-too-few

*Recording of the premiere at University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, September 2022.

One Is Too Few (2022) | Michele Abondano

Also on YouTube: https://youtu.be/YXsyQppw_d0

Naviar Haiku 481:

travel home
even the air
has changed

Wai Mei Wong is a former early childhood educator living in Toronto, Canada. Her picture book Hello, Dark was shortlisted for the 2022 IODE Jean Throop Book Award, and chosen for the 2022 CCBC Spring Best Book for Kids & Teens Selection. She enjoys poetry, nature walks and funny movies.

She started writing Haiku in October 2022, after she became curious about this deceivingly simplistic form of poetry. Her inspiration comes mostly from her experience or the stories from people close to her.

1st Time for Everything

Likeness to Air

Likeness to Air (NaviarHaiku481)

Original Score inspired by the Todd Keisling novel Devils Creek

Because rats always scatter

morning glow
buttercups flutter
at the forest’s edge

Catherine LoFrumento lives in Connecticut with her husband and fur babies. Her poetry has been featured or is forthcoming in various journals and anthologies including: Cattails, Modern Haiku, Frogpond, bottle rockets, Chrysanthemum, Hedgerow Journal, Three Line Poetry, and Poetry Quarterly. You can find more of her work on Twitter: @Catherin03 and on Instagram: @Poetrycatt

Seven days to make music in response to the assigned haiku: to participate visit https://www.naviarrecords.com/about/naviar-haiku

Deadline: 7th June 2023

Haiku by Catherine LoFrumento https://twitter.com/Catherin03

Picture by Alessandro Capuzzi https://unsplash.com/@aleeecap

Morning Glow (NaviarHaiku491)

Ridge Racer Rare Hero リッジレーサー レアヒーロー 耳コピー (Korg Gadget Remix)

One World 4ツノキモチ(2023.7.30〜)

ギターはAメロでしとしと雨、間奏でどしゃ降り雨、Bメロサビで晴れ上がりの雰囲気がでてるかな？

Full Color/あした(Take2)

(this upload is included 2 extracts of full piece)

...par mon Souffle, par l’intention...
(2023)
For flautist and Ensemble with Amplified-Devices

...par mon Souffle, par l’intention...(2023) for flautist and Ensemble [excerpt]

Homepage: YuhengChen.com

Composer

Contact :yuhengchencomposer@gmail.com

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...par mon Souffle, par l’intention...(2023) for flautist and Ensemble [excerpt]

Yuheng CHEN

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