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Victory at Arnot, for chamber group and narrator, 40″ (2016)
In 1899, Mary “Mother” Jones led a small coal mining town to union victory… with some very creative tactics. The story also features union leader William Wilson, who later became the nation’s first Secretary of Labor. Text by Eleanor Aversa and Kristen Wall, using historical sources.
Three versions:
- flute, violin, piano + narrator
- clarinet, violin, cello + narrator
- flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano, percussion + narrator
Excerpt: Elivi Varga (flute), Andreia Torain (violin), Eleanor Aversa (piano), Megan Hicks (narrator)
Performances of the three arrangements by members of the Settlement Music School faculty with Megan Hicks as narrator; three performances by What is Noise with Maureen Brennan as narrator, supported by a Berklee Faculty Fellowship; and performance by Unheard-of//Ensemble with Amber Evans as narrator
Piano Trio #2, 23’00” (2011)
Each performer in this trio has a starring movement. The first features the piano, the second the cello, and the fourth the violin. In the middle − the third movement− is a scherzo-rondo in which the instruments combine equally and gleefully. The movements can be performed alone or together.
I. Maestoso (5’30”) Excerpt: Vivian Cheng (piano), Katya Poplyansky (violin), and Branson Yeast (cello)
II. Andante (7’30”) Excerpt: Matthew Bengtson (piano), Ellen dePasquale (violin), and Michal Schmidt (cello)
III. Scherzo (4’30”) Eleanor Aversa (piano), Min-Young Kim (violin), and Thomas Kraines (cello)
IV. Maestoso (5’00”) Excerpt: Matthew Bengtson (piano), Ellen dePasquale (violin), and Michal Schmidt (cello)
Performances in whole or part by members of the Bowdoin Festival faculty, Monmouth Conservatory faculty, University of Pennsylvania faculty, neoLIT, the Daedalus Quartet, and the Rawlins Trio
Something Gleamed Like Electrum for flute, clarinet, piano, violin, and cello, 8’00” (2008)
The piece is inspired by Ezekiel’s vision of the four cherubim: “As I looked, a stormwind came from the North, a huge cloud with flashing fire enveloped in brightness, from the midst of which something gleamed like electrum. . . They sparkled with a gleam like burnished bronze” (Ezekiel 1:4-7). Electrum is an alloy of gold and silver.
Juventas, Ian Garvie (conductor)
Performances by the Boston New Music Initiative, the Discovery Players, Juventas, neoLIT, and Second Instrumental Unit