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An Alien with Extraordinary Abilities (2017) string quartet
Live premiere performance by The Rhythm Method string quartet, at Bowling Green State University, Ohio.
"The O-1 nonimmigrant visa is for an alien who possesses extraordinary ability in the sciences, arts, education, business, or athletics, or who has a demonstrated record of extraordinary achievement in the motion picture or television industry and has been recognized nationally or internationally for those achievements." (U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services)
Live premiere performance by The Rhythm Method string quartet, at Bowling Green State University, Ohio.
"The O-1 nonimmigrant visa is for an alien who possesses extraordinary ability in the sciences, arts, education, business, or athletics, or who has a demonstrated record of extraordinary achievement in the motion picture or television industry and has been recognized nationally or internationally for those achievements." (U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services)
sop/vln
"the master of such moments" (2016) was composed for "The Albertine Workout," a program designed by Charlotte Mundy of TAK ensemble based on the eponymous chapbook by Anne Carson, which explores the relationship of Albertine and the Narrator in Proust's masterwork, "In Search of Lost Time," from a feminist perspective. It was premiered alongside works by Doug Balliett, Erin Gee, and Charlotte Mundy on the Resonant Bodies Festival at Roulette, in New York City, on September 8, 2016.
"the master of such moments" (2016) was composed for "The Albertine Workout," a program designed by Charlotte Mundy of TAK ensemble based on the eponymous chapbook by Anne Carson, which explores the relationship of Albertine and the Narrator in Proust's masterwork, "In Search of Lost Time," from a feminist perspective. It was premiered alongside works by Doug Balliett, Erin Gee, and Charlotte Mundy on the Resonant Bodies Festival at Roulette, in New York City, on September 8, 2016.
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I wrote Toglikht (2016) for myself and Meaghan Burke, cellist of the Rhythm Method and a long time collaborator. It came out of my experience in the summer of 2015 when I went on a "Taglit" trip to Israel. Taglit, the Hebrew word for "discovery," is pronounced similarly to Toglikht, the Yiddish word for "daylight." I was thinking about this when I wrote the piece. I was also thinking about coexisting/contradictory identities, loss, ownership, and conflicting narratives.
I wrote Toglikht (2016) for myself and Meaghan Burke, cellist of the Rhythm Method and a long time collaborator. It came out of my experience in the summer of 2015 when I went on a "Taglit" trip to Israel. Taglit, the Hebrew word for "discovery," is pronounced similarly to Toglikht, the Yiddish word for "daylight." I was thinking about this when I wrote the piece. I was also thinking about coexisting/contradictory identities, loss, ownership, and conflicting narratives.
vln solo/4 untrained voices
For Hans Carossa (2014) is the final movement of a multi-movement piece I wrote for solo violin, and a choir of mostly untrained voices. The text comes from the eponymous poem by Rainer Maria Rilke.
For Hans Carossa (2014) is the final movement of a multi-movement piece I wrote for solo violin, and a choir of mostly untrained voices. The text comes from the eponymous poem by Rainer Maria Rilke.
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English translation by Edward Snow: For Hans Carossa Losing is also ours; and even forgetting has its shape in the permanent realm of change. Things we've let go of circle; and though we're rarely at the center of these circles: they trace around us the unbroken figure. |
Original German text:
Für Hans Carossa Auch noch Verlieren ist unser; und selbst das Vergessen hat noch Gestalt in dem bleibenden Reich der Verwandlung. Losgelassenes kreist; und sind wir auch selten die Mitte einem der Kreise: sie ziehn um uns die heile Figur.) This is a live performance by TAK ensemble, February 2014 |
