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The Rougarou Concerto And Initial Observations Of The Flex Ensemble, Thomas Wilson
The Rougarou Concerto And Initial Observations Of The Flex Ensemble, Thomas Wilson
LSU Doctoral Dissertations
The purpose of this dissertation is to examine the immediate impact of the coronavirus pandemic through a composer’s lens. It will examine the impact through a variety of means, considerably: interviews of those with first-hand experiences, analyses of prominent adaptable works, and self-analysis of how my own process adapted to meet the moment.
After discovering the Composers Repertoire Initiative and being commissioned to write a concerto by Eduard Teregulov, I wrote a cello concert. The central chapter features the Rougarou Concerto, a cello concerto with accompanying flex ensemble, written for Eduard Teregulov. The work was written over ten months …