Forces
Flute 1
Flute 2
Clarinet 1
Clarinet 2
Piano
Harp
Violin 1
Violin 2
Viola
Cello
Double Bass
2005. Struggle. A dear friend had died October 2003, taking me back to the terrifying death of my father. This piece represents my wounding struggle to rise above depression.
Stylistically the music mixes freely composed dissonant music and more straightforward harmonic sequence. I sill felt uneasy about completely losing the comforting blanket of bland atonality but was determined to leave it behind me as soon as I could find a way. Another kind of struggle.
Forces
Flute 1
Flute 2
Clarinet 1
Clarinet 2
Piano
Harp
Violin 1
Violin 2
Viola
Cello
Double Bass
2005. Struggle. A dear friend had died October 2003, taking me back to the terrifying death of my father. This piece represents my wounding struggle to rise above depression.
Stylistically the music mixes freely composed dissonant music and more straightforward harmonic sequence. I sill felt uneasy about completely losing the comforting blanket of bland atonality but was determined to leave it behind me as soon as I could find a way. Another kind of struggle.
FORCES
Soprano
Clarinet 1
Clarinet 2
Clarinet 3
Violin1
Violin 2
Viola
Cello
ABOUT
A surreal and somewhat tongue-in-cheek setting for soprano, 3 clarinets and string quartet, based on two poems by Bruce James: The Jewel and The Watchkeeper