Category Archives: Acoustic

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Pro Manko de Edzino

[play] Pro Manko de Edzino
2003

This piece was written in my first semester at Wesleyan University for a concert of short works called “Five Minute Wonders.” This recording is from that concert. The performer is Neely Bruce.

This piece was written while I was missing my (then) wife, who was studying in Paris, France while I was studying on the East Coast of the US.

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In Fifths

In Fifths
2004

This piece is inspired by Terry Riley’s In C. In “In Fifths,” the musicians play the piece at their own pace, repeating measures as they see fit. They creep this way around the circle of 5ths, playing rhythms in 7/8.

This performance is by the Flux Quartet in 2004.

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Et sonnera le baffroy de la ville sans cesser durant l’assault

Et sonnera le baffroy de la ville sans cesser durant l’assault
2004 – 2005

This recording is of a reading of this piece by the Wesleyan University Orchestra, conducted by Aaron Siegel during their annual Symphonic Workshop in 2005.

This piece takes it’s title from a stage direction in a 15th century French mystery play about Joan of Arc called Le Mystère du Siège d’Orléans. The play is one of only two secular plays of the era and is one of very few with stage directions that include musical cues. The title means “And the bells of the town ring without ceasing during the attack.”

Instrumentation of the piece is piccolo, flute 1 & 2, clarinet 1 & 2, horn 1 & 2, trumpet 1 & 2, trombone, tuba, percussion (tubular bells, xylophone, glockenspiel, tom-tom), violins, viola, cello, double bass. Contact me for a score, if interested.

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