Wind Duet (mixed ensemble)

A Conversation with the Gravel Pit: Three Musical Landscapes for flute and guitar, 7’00” (2012)

I. Reverence: The Pine Bluffs
II. Wandering: The Gravel Pit
III. Solace: The Meadow

  • Commissioned by installation artist Mie Preckler and the I-Park Foundation and premiered in East Haddam, CT by Amanda Baker (flute) and Daniel Corr (guitar) 10/13/12

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Sonora: 6 Desert Songs for clarinet and unpitched percussion, 11’00” (2009)

  • Winner, 2010 University of Pennsylvania David Halstead Music Prize for best original musical composition, vocal or instrumental
  • Performances by Astral Artists (Allison Herz and Gabe Globus-Hoenich) and June in Buffalo faculty (Jean Kopperud and Tom Kolor)
  • Recording by Bill Kalinkos (clarinet) and Gabe Globus-Hoenich (percussion)

1. Desert at Noon (excerpt)-Eleanor Aversa (turn down speakers)

2. Saguaro and Mesquite (excerpt)-Eleanor Aversa

3. Mirage (excerpt)-Eleanor Aversa

4. Lizards (excerpt)-Eleanor Aversa

5. Desert at 4am (excerpt)-Eleanor Aversa

6. Rain (excerpt)-Eleanor Aversa