I hope this might be performed more in the future and I hope to be there to facilitate public conversation and debate surrounding these issues, which are not going away any time soon. (4/4)
https://t.co/AySmFVSC9i
I invite you to visit the website which includes multiple pages devoted to explaining my argument, the primary influences on my understanding of the debate, and videos and recordings from the premiere performance. (3/4)
The work, and indeed the issue, is multifaceted and complex, but my basic argument is for their removal or, at the very least, some heavy contextualization. (2/4)
My big project 'Red hot sun turning over: on Southern monuments, myths, and histories' is now up on my website. The piece ATTEMPTS to tackle the debates around Confederate monuments in the south through music and film. (1/4)
Las week I completed "Red hot sun turning over (on southern monuments, myths, and histories)", 80-min for winds, mezzo, wind quintet, sound and film. Premiere by UofSC wind ensemble in Columbia, SC on March 31! More to come and also here: https://t.co/mR5oIdkcmf.
Arnold read (rather than sang) Anna LaBastille’s “Woodswoman Etude,” a paean to the forest’s permanence and serenity amid the trials of life, for which Garner supplied piano and bass clarinet lines that wrap themselves around the poem like a gossamer web. https://t.co/Myvc4Lprwe
Feels like there's a trajectory here between Ives' 'Unanswered Question,' Reich's 'Duet' and @davekgarner's piece; a lineage exploring ideas of space, dialogue, rhythm... #newmusic