some duo material

revisiting some ideas, not sure where this is going, probably will have accompaniment

Month of Music Collab 5 - Vatche Jambazian, Piano

Hi everyone!

Introducing collab 5, which is with Vatche Jambazian, solo piano. Many of you probably know that we’ve been close friends for years and I can certainly say that he is a very special musician to write for. He regularly performs classic repertoire, but he also has substantial experience with more recent works, by composers such as Ustvolskaya, Boulez and Saariaho. We were chatting about this collab about 2 hours after the news came out that Penderecki had passed away, and so we settled on this idea:

 - duration: 1 page of music, A4/Letter

 - compositional prompt: compose an elegy. Interpret this how you wish.

 - unfortunately, prepared piano is not possible, given the circumstances

 - due date: Friday the 10th of April

Here he is playing some chopin: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_c2SbFS8Vo

Here he is playing some saariaho: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qqLQ83aDbbs

Here he is playing some scriabin: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V08GBsuf6kQ

Month of Music Collab 4 - Elizabeth Yung Cheung, Erhu

Hi everyone!

It's my pleasure to introduce Collab 4, from another of our composers. Composer, performer, and improviser Elizabeth Yung Cheung messes around with the skeletal sounds of solo instruments and chamber settings, cataloguing the noises your teacher tells you not to make during lessons. They've kindly agreed to do some pieces for Erhu, but have some interesting prompts in mind: they're looking for pieces that explore the sound potential of the instrument, rather than attempts at writing faux traditional music. Therefore, they have a preference for graphic scores in this case, although some notated music isn't out of the question. 

Liz says about their parameters:

GRAPHIC SCORES - up to 5min
- be as specific as you like! otherwise i will probably be interpreting it very personally NOTATED SCORES - 2-3min - no quick chromatic passages please! - think approx. ameb grade 4/5/6 on violin level??? maybe? heck
- Strings are tuned to D & A, but scordatura is possible.

- due Sunday, 5th of April

If you'd like to explore other instruments in Liz' arsenal, they also have access to an E dizi and a G dizi (and picc, C flute, alto flute).

Here is a performance of Liz', exploring sounds with the Erhu: https://soundcloud.com/greytonguelizzed/vii-hypothermia?in=greytonguelizzed/sets/hits-rather-close-to-home-2018&fbclid=IwAR0efJD2nlZSQ2HQpc8GtK7HlLy-CEEfObHZxSyo-svGkqwIz8PUxEvt8oo

Here are some traditional works that Liz has performed in the past:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cq1bEoXzj0k&fbclid=IwAR2ciu9lJL8WgECEqydzdM6my0JM2ruICJyQdVoMP8Q6Z5P9xVetHzJPfOU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7-myVJ3BdI&fbclid=IwAR2UbzYfrSJ6i1QMCRLFjliSmVdlG2e_DmJJ90bPkkdxG1_omtqDvgosYCc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_QKpppskDU&fbclid=IwAR2N8QN7fB_QjvoqAurtiDnjR0Gnk7m7bSOM1ODpmzYterSeaxP1_R50efI

A Whole New World!

Hey all! Sorry about my late contribution for piano solo - I tend to work on several things at once and nothing actually gets done. Here's a fun little arrangement I did, which seems fitting for the current climate, at least in title alone. I made some not-insignificant alterations to it just this morning, hence the delay. The recording will need to wait a few days, due to it been somewhat tricky... until then!