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Ohio and Indiana
Other Worlds for saxophone quartet 3, 4, 5 April 2022 The University of Akron The Ohio State University Butler University The Iovi Quartet Todd Gaffke Michael Rene Torres Heidi Radtke J. Adam Briggs |
Akron, Ohio
Two Pieces for orchestra 1. Staying at Home 2. Together Sunday 14 November 2021 at 3 pm North High School, Akron Akron Youth Symphony Eric Benjamin, conductor |
Akron, Ohio
Canons for saxophone, clarinet, and piano Sunday 29 August 2021 at 3:00 pm Guzzetta Recital Hall, The University of Akron Todd Gaffke, Stanislav Golovin, James Wilding |
Youngstown, Ohio
The Garden Had Fallen Still for chamber orchestra Sunday 2 May 2021 at 3:00 pm Ford Family Recital Hall, DeYor Performing Arts Center, Youngstown, Ohio The Dana Ensemble |
During one of my many trips back to my native South Africa, I picked up one of these beautiful instruments. They are easily available at craft markets, tourist shops, or just sold by the side of the road. Part of the Venda and Shona traditions, this type of instrument is also found further North, where it may be known as a Kalimba or Sansa.
The tuning of each member of this family is unique. For my mbira, the lowest notes are in the middle, the highest on the left and right, with different pentatonic scales in each of these two registers. Read more and hear this instrument on my blog |
Drops of Memory occur predictably, while the harmony changes gradually and unpredictably, forming a texture of individual notes dancing over a canvas of ever expanding and contracting harmonic progressions.
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Inspired by a Zimbabwean stone sculpture of a maternal spirit, Nehanda Remembered uses quartal chords to represent the solid stone and the nurturing mother.
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