Five Miniatures for Flute, Bassoon, and Piano
Submission Type
Event
Faculty Advisor
Roy Magnuson
Expected Graduation Date
2020
Location
Young Main Lounge, Memorial Student Center
Start Date
4-4-2020 12:00 PM
End Date
4-4-2020 2:00 AM
Disciplines
Arts and Humanities | Composition | Education | Music | Music Performance
Abstract
Five Miniatures began as a sort of compositional exercise, allowing me to free myself of the pressure of trying to compose a large-form masterpiece. The genre of the miniature is, by definition, very small, thus allowing creativity to run its natural course, without having to worry about composing themes that will survive large scale musical development while still sounding fresh. Throughout this piece, I utilize musical material taken from careful observation of my surroundings. From the tense, pensive opening piano motive in movement one, taken from the sound of a broken washing machine, to the transcription of a squeaky underground train in Slovenia providing fast and driving seven-note motive present in every measure of movement five, Five Miniatures was a way for me to let go of my expectations and appreciate the beauty in the music of everyday life.
Alexa Letourneau (Flute), Mark Mathison (Bassoon), Chris Callahan (Piano)
Five Miniatures for Flute, Bassoon, and Piano
Young Main Lounge, Memorial Student Center
Five Miniatures began as a sort of compositional exercise, allowing me to free myself of the pressure of trying to compose a large-form masterpiece. The genre of the miniature is, by definition, very small, thus allowing creativity to run its natural course, without having to worry about composing themes that will survive large scale musical development while still sounding fresh. Throughout this piece, I utilize musical material taken from careful observation of my surroundings. From the tense, pensive opening piano motive in movement one, taken from the sound of a broken washing machine, to the transcription of a squeaky underground train in Slovenia providing fast and driving seven-note motive present in every measure of movement five, Five Miniatures was a way for me to let go of my expectations and appreciate the beauty in the music of everyday life.
Alexa Letourneau (Flute), Mark Mathison (Bassoon), Chris Callahan (Piano)