Seattle Composers' Salon

An evening of music and discussion with Seattle composers: Beth Fleenor Nadya Kadrevis Neal Kosaly-Meyer Clement Reid Nicole Truesdell Friday, November 6, 2015, 8 pm Chapel Performance Space 4649 Sunnyside Ave N, 4th Floor $5–15 donation

Matthew James Briggs Radiant Light , for two violins and cello with recorded natural soundscape audio soundcloud.com/matthewjamesbriggs Jeremy Shaskus “ Transference , a collection of 10 pieces that are based off of drum patterns from electronic dance music, hip hop, and other pop music in a chamber setting. This concept was conceived in 2013 after realizing my dream of being a commercial composer. Like many millennials I grew up listening to hip hop and EDM as well as jazz and classical music. When I returned to Seattle after my stay around New York, I wanted to find a way to capture the sound of my generation and expose my friends that don't play or study music to modern, less mainstream art music. What will be performed is what I have finished of this project which is roughly 4 movements.” soundcloud.com/jeremy-shaskus Jay Hamilton “Jay Hamilton with Maurice Colasurdo and Gordon Frazier as the Turtling Dithers will present 3–4 'songs' from their next ...

An evening of music and discussion with Seattle composers: Matthew James Briggs Michael Owcharuk Jay Hamilton Jeremy Shaskus Friday, September 4, 2015, 8 pm Chapel Performance Space 4649 Sunnyside Ave N, 4th Floor $5–15 donation

Keith Eisenbrey Kam Morrill Nadya Kadrevis S. Eric Scribner

An evening of music and discussion with Seattle composers: Keith Eisenbrey Kam Morrill Nadya Kadrevis S. Eric Scribner Friday, July 10, 2015, 8 pm Chapel Performance Space 4649 Sunnyside Ave N, 4th Floor $5–15 donation

Krzeminski's Star , for violin, marimba, and electronics Centaurus X-3 (4U 1118-60) is an X-ray pulsar with a period of 4.84 seconds. It was the first X-ray pulsar to be discovered, and the third X-ray source to be discovered in the constellation Centaurus. The system consists of a neutron star orbiting a massive, O-type supergiant star dubbed Krzeminski’s star after its discoverer. Matter is being accreted from the star onto the neutron star, resulting in X-ray emission. (Wikipedia) The idea that a gigantic star can exist out there, otherwise invisible to us except for a regular burst of X-ray radiation every 4.84 seconds, is truly spectacular. This piece attempts to characterize the sense of wonder and mystery of being such a small creature in such a large universe. The piece has three internal movements in the form: slow-fast-slow . There is no silence between movements as the electronics make a sonic transition from one to the next. The first movement sets up the myst...

Reborn in Flame, The Death and Rebirth of a Phoenix , for flute, alto flute and cello I wrote this piece as a tone poem depicting the life cycle of a phoenix. The piece opens with the old, dying phoenix struggling to hold on to life. This struggle is represented by the opening theme first stated by the cello. The piece relaxes between increasingly dramatic statements of this line as the bird drifts in and out of consciousness, the mysterious dreams expressed by the augmented chords in the cello, and a slower, drifting variation of the opening theme in the flutes. After the final struggle, the music dies away as the phoenix burns to ash. The music builds into a lament for the dead bird in the form a Gregorian chant. This chant dies away and the dream theme returns in the flute as the ashes are blown away revealing an egg. The excitement brews with the augmented chords starting in the alto flute and joined by the flute and cello. This breaks into trills in ...