March 6 Salon previews

Clement Reid

"Dreams, Improvisations for Piano, combines sections from an earlier piece, Explorations. These selected movements are examples of reordering of musical material from the earlier piece, that give a kind of floating dream-like impression, in a similar manner as actual dreams seem to reorder and juxtapose experiences and events from reality in a new or unusual way, but with a different image or message. Dreams, Improvisations comprises six movements: Project, Dream 1, Dream 2, Improvisation, Dream 4, Dream 5."

Ann Cummings

"How can I not own my own composition? When music is fundamentally motion, what keeps everything separate? Is there a continuity to brokenness?" Ann explores these questions with her etude Three of a Kind for String Bass, Banjo, and Piano.

Nadya Kadrevis and Jeremy Shaskus

Nadya and Jeremy will present a selection from Trinity, a work in three parts: creation, destruction, and redemption. Part one will be performed on the March 6 salon.

From Nadya: "I was inspired by the parallels between Hinduism and Christianity when I was in India in 2013 shooting my documentary. The inspiration took form when I met Jeremy and we decided to collaborate on the music; staying true to the mythology developing in my mind, we created part one. The cello represents Brahmin the eternal pulse of life, the piano represents Shiva the creator/destroyer, and the soprano saxophone represents Vishnu the redeemer."

Hear these works and join the discussion at the March 6, 2015 Salon.

May 2018 Previews

Jay HamiltonMy Muse, & Equal Temperament, cello and pre-recorded dialogueThese two pieces are part of a work The End and Then…? presented on June 23rd at Velocity Dance Center Seattle. The show is mostly dance with music/dialogues begins with a funeral ends with a murder….and some of it funny. This is a one person performance (7 parts) I will be dancing during in the other 5 pieces sections.soundand.com/Gavin BorchertMazurka, for piano
Berceuse, for pianoPeter Nelson-KingThe Magpie’s Shadow, for solo pianoThe Magpie’s Shadow takes its inspiration from a poem sequence of the same name by Yvor Winters. Inspired by a line by Rimbaud - O saisons, o chateaux! - each poem is a single line of six syllables, a form invented by Winters. 28 poems are arranged in three sections, and my work has 28 aphoristic pieces based on each poem and grouped in the same section plan and same order. The poems depict mysterious, symbolic scenes in nature, possibly a dream landscape the narrator travers…

January 2018 Previews

Carson FarleyFilm Music, for piano, cello, and fluteFilm Music was composed for a commercial video project for sculptor R. Carlson. Originally scored for piano, string quartet, and synthesizer, this version has been arranged for piano, cello, and flute. Though I am usually a structural composer, this piece was written quickly and entirely from a visual perspective to conform to the visual content of the video project. It has a very simple surface texture with themes, transitions, and modulations from section to section.carsonicsproductions.com/Aaron KeytMusic for Wallace, for pianoWhile living in Somerville, MA for a couple years, we adopted an old, neglected spinet piano. We named the piano Wallace. I wrote an album of short, mostly simple pieces for Wallace, a few of which will be played at the Salon.Ian McKnightThe Trees Awaken, for alto flute, cello, and pianoThis tone poem describes a sleeping forest that comes to life with dancing tree folk before returning to its slumber. …

July Salon Previews

Susan Maughlin WoodSonatina for Violin and Piano, Parallel Plaid
I. Stim
II. Transist
III. Off ScriptSpectratta
"We are all on the spectrum."The inner world is complete unto itself, but invites understanding. I am adding a video element to my new sonatina Parallel Plaid to highlight ways in which people* anywhere on the ASD and so-called ADHD spectrums (i.e. everyone) both identify with, and to some extent are, ourselves, wind-up toys going about our lives single-mindedly. Focus is absolute, but fleeting in its direction. Intensity is laser-sharp, but short-lived and not easily controlled. *the complexity of people defies labeling, but insofar as labels exist, the spectrum model (think prismatic solid circle as opposed to single line) most closely represents our differences within a given shared aspect of humanity. For every aspect, the spectrum model is inclusive and shows that everyone shares certain traits and only differ in the degree to which they possess those traits a…

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