MP3 Gallery - Composers
Students
Composer: Josh Perry-Parrish
Title: The Meaning of Birds (excerpt)
Medium: women's chorus
Description: A setting of a poem by Angela O'Donnell
Performers: Hailey Clark, Hayley Sanderson, Adrienne Beaudoin, Laura Ziccardi, Lena Seikaly, Asha Srinivasan, Sarah Lee, Dale Trumbore, Lauren Brown, with Matthew Jaskot, piano.
Recorded: Gildenhorn Recital Hall, Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, March 31, 2008
Composer: Matthew Jaskot
Title: Three Movements for String Quartet, II "Scattered Footprints"
Medium: string quartet
Description: "Scattered Footprints" is the middle movement of three. Within the fast 6/8 tempo, different beats are accented to reveal rhythmic patterns that work against the dotted quarter pulse (i.e., groups of 8 divided into 5 plus 3 in the very beginning). Throughout the work, a variety of string timbres and colors are explored.
Performers: Dana Weiderhold and Allyson Clark, violins; Nicholas Montopoli, viola; and Alyssa Moquin, cello.
Recorded: Gildenhorn Recital Hall, Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, April 29, 2008
Duration: approximately 3 minutes
Composer: Dale Trumbore
Title: Stages of Sleep, I
Medium: solo piano
Performer: Santiago Rodriguez, piano
Recorded: Gildenhorn Recital Hall, Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, November 28, 2008
Composer: Rob Collier
Title: I Remember Monkey Train Track Shoes (excerpt)
Medium: mixed ensemble
Description: "I Remember Monkey Train Track Shoes" is from a song cycle called Our Man Jenga which I wrote in the summer of 2007. It tells the story of Bob Jenga, the fictional creator of the non-fictional "edge-of-your-seat-fun" game Jenga, who is obsessed with precision crafted blocks of wood. All of the music is written for the same ensemble consisting of alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, violin, cello, electric guitar, electric bass, drum set, and female voice. The work lasts approximately one hour with no breaks in the music.
Recorded: studio recording, July 2007
Composer: Alec Summers
Title: Poem In October
Medium: Chamber Ensemble
Description: Poem in October is a poem by the welsh poet Dylan Thomas. In it, the poet walks through his hometown shifting between the present and the past as his surroundings awaken memories. Musically, these themes: nostalgia, introspection, and the passing of time are heard as the instruments work with and against the singer immersing him, shaping him, and at times, colliding with him.
Performers: IonSound Project
Recorded: Bellefield Auditiorium, Pittsburgh, PA, March 31, 2008
Duration: approx. 2 minutes
Faculty
Composer: Mark Edwards Wilson
Title: The Phoenix
- III. The Phoenix Rising (6:57)
Performers: London Symphony Orchestra, Jack Jarrett, conductor - I. Crossing the Horizon (4:34)
Performers: Austin Symphony Orchestra, Peter Bay, conductor
Title: Time Variations, Conclusion (3:25)
Performers: Left Bank Quartet
Title: "in Just-spring," from Three Songs (2:45)
Performer: Phyllis Bryn-Julson, soprano
Title: Sappho (2:55)
Performer: Phyllis Bryn-Julson, soprano
Title: Ancient Ways, "Awakening" (opening) (6:24)
Performers: Hollywood Chamber Players; Mark Edwards Wilson, conductor
Title: Ancient Ways, conclusion (2:15)
Composer: Lawrence Moss
Title: "New Dawn" for orchestra (4:10)
Title: String Quartet, 1st movement (2:31)
Title: "Another Dawn," 1st movement (9:58)
