September 21, 2019
vectorscores
graphic scores by John Teske
Chapel Performance Space, Good Shepherd Center, Seattle
Any Ensemble:
Greg Campbell, percussion
Luke Fitzpatrick, violin
Haley Freedlund, trombone
Nel Kennon, viola
John Teske, double bass
Neil Welch, saxophone
swell
ad:sr
prelude
trashfire
intonations:
threadshift
by the fucking neck
bone flute
mauler
libera me
brain slap
klaxon wail
papercut butterflies
blood on the hearth
death rattle
to imagine how fine any ensemble might sound
imagine them tuning
it never isn't tuning
pitch match activity
attention drifting through a space not designed to be attended by that particular attention
alien
(-)
d'y'wan'a tune again?
sure
all together
now a tuning
might be a polyvalent trajectory interwoven
ceremonial
dance -cession :: (pro-) (re-) (ob-)
September 22, 2019
Bill at 93: Clarinet Works of William O. Smith
Gallery 1412, Seattle
Variants for clarinet alone (1967) - Eric Mandat, clarinet
1412 (structured improvisation, 2019) - William O. Smith, clarinet; Greg Campbell, percussion
Epigrams for clarinet (2009) - Robert Spring, clarinet
Evening Ritual (2019) - Rachel Yoder, clarinet
Jazz Fantasy (2019) - Jeffrey Cohan, flute; Tate Cohan, oboe
Five (Six) for clarinet ensemble and clarinet soloist - William O. Smith, clarinet; with Deanna Brizgys, Jesse Canterbury, James Falzone, Beverly Setzer, Rachel Yoder, and Jenny Ziefel; Paul Gillespie, conductor
Largely possibly due to the long residence here in Seattle of William O. Smith, we have an
embarrassment of riches in the clarinet department. On this night that cup ranneth over.
September 26, 2019
Canções Profundas (Deep Songs)
by Steve Peters
Greg Campbell, percussion; Jesse Canterbury, clarinets; Lesli Dalaba, trumpet; Amy Denio, clarinet, saxophone, voice; Steve Peters, saxophone; Christian Pincock, trombone; Joshua Parmenter, additional electronic processing; Rafael Carvalho, viola da terra
an
island
is land
defined
by its shore
is an
experiment in
isolation
a sweep upward
a most
particular
land
even from afar
from which
how strange this other
shore must be
and vast
Recorded
September 24, 2019
Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing - Robert W. Thygerson - University Temple Chancel Choir, Chris Vincent, conductor
with a light touch airborne dance
O Magnum Mysterium - Morton Lauridsen - Polyphony, Stephen Layton
gooey
really really gooey
lives to linger
Gradus 107 - Neal Kosály-Meyer (October 2006)
the first 6 A-naturals one more time
The silences could be where it is going on elsewhere
prone to wander, Lord I feel it
high tones suddenly close, poke lights
hey!
you awake?
In Session at the Tintinabulary
September 23, 2019
Gradus 356 - Neal Kosály-Meyer
Obvious Observation:
When there is only one note in play, that aspect of musical curiosity that might be called the "which note(s) next?" anxiety is set aside.
leaving: when? how loud? how pedaled? how prolonged? how terminated?
When there are two, anxiety returns
a book
on each page a word
and an aperture
through which aperture
can be read all or some part of
the word on the next page down
or not
in both directions
Postscripts
any more than what is works are fixed what
know how to live without spiritual
or temporal things as substance passive
a crow in the distance
to tell them through the middle
to see how far reaching
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