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Onus 1, Caleb Charles Benore
Onus 1, Caleb Charles Benore
Senior Projects Spring 2014
This senior project is a set of three major compositions: a string quartet, a piano quintet, and a piano suite called “Pantheon.” Frankly, the string quartet is the best piece. It’s my most recent effort and I definitely improved while working on the other two compositions. My primary concern for the string quartet, particularly in the first movement, was how my instruments fit together. I might have a melodramatic taste in harmony but I believe I created a few elegant moments in the rhythm and line contours.
The most important lesson came from my piano quintet, which does have some …
Requiem: All That's Left Is Noise, Danielle R. Dobkin
Requiem: All That's Left Is Noise, Danielle R. Dobkin
Senior Projects Spring 2014
Danielle R. Dobkin
Artist Statement
May 2014
Requiem: All That’s Left if Noise
Requiem: All That’s Left is Noise is a personal interpretation of the traditional Latin liturgy of the Western Church’s Requiem Mass- a composition meant to be the carrier for the soul, on it’s journey to paradise. The requiem is comprised of 7 movements: Introit, Kyrie (Lord have Mercy), Dies Irae (Day of Wrath), Lycrimosa (Day of Weeping), Sanctus (Holy, Holy, Holy), Lux Aeterna (Eternal Light), and the Libera Me (Deliver Me). These seven movements sonically replicate the range of human emotion, ending on the soul’s delivery in …