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"Overture" (For Emmanuel), Katherine Gordon
"Overture" (For Emmanuel), Katherine Gordon
Theses and Dissertations
“Overture” (For Emmanuel) is a piece derived from twelve melodies from the composer’s original musical, Emmanuel. The piece is for full orchestra, and is five minutes and forty-seven seconds long.
Life, Man, Diane Wong
Life, Man, Diane Wong
Theses and Dissertations
This piece paints the picture of what life felt like from the composer’s vantage point, specifically at the time when the composition was conceived. The first section employs the first sixteen pitches present in the harmonic series as an embodiment of the pure nature of sound – vibration, physics, and acoustics. The middle section shows a dynamic that pulls in two directions, one going sharper and sharper ascending through the circle of fifths and the other going flatter and flatter descending, all the while a steady pedal point in the center of the axis nonchalantly ticks like clockwork. As this …
Chiral Reflection, Alyssa Regent
Chiral Reflection, Alyssa Regent
Theses and Dissertations
Chiral Reflection was written for flutist Emi Fergusson and is inspired both by nature and chemistry. The melodic core of the work is derived from the wailing of loons. Loons are birds inhabiting Northern American forests. They are often found on large lakes, usually in pairs. Their wail is believed to be a contact call. In this piece, the loon asks: “where are you”, without an answer back from its partner.
This image of the lonely bird call on a lake at twilight piqued my curiosity regarding the natural phenomena of reflections. I was made aware of the physics of …
2019 Overture, Philip H. Garcia
2019 Overture, Philip H. Garcia
Theses and Dissertations
Composed for the Hunter Symphony Orchestra Call for Scores.
To Launch A Thousand Ships, Daniel Silva
To Launch A Thousand Ships, Daniel Silva
Theses and Dissertations
Inspired by Madeline Miller’s novel The Song of Achilles (2012), To Launch a Thousand Ships is a four-movement orchestral piece that depicts the story of Achilles and the Trojan War.