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Author Archives: Sam L. Richards
Suite of Roads, Movement II.
Video (and audio, of course!) is now posted of the Eugene Contemporary Chamber Ensemble’s May 13th, 2010 performance of Suite of Roads, a two-movement work for orchestra. The movements, severely contrasting in style and energy from one another, have been posted on separate days, with the first movement along with the works program notes having [...]
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Suite of Roads, Movement I.
Video (and audio, of course!) is now posted of the Eugene Contemporary Chamber Ensemble’s May 13th, 2010 performance of Suite of Roads, a two-movement work for orchestra. The movements, severely contrasting in style and energy from one another, will be posted on separate days, with the second movement coming tomorrow. My program notes from the [...]
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Some poetic residue
The nature of my creative process leaves me with sketchbooks littered with seemingly disassociated concepts. Stray idea gobs hang from folded corners, and outlines of amoebas filled with gorgeousness sit atop the pages. Sometimes I glance back, even just a few days, discovering snippets that could easily have been penned by someone else, because I [...]
My Articulation Engine
I like feeding ambiguity through my mind’s articulation engine, like routing disparate threads through a loom; what was once detached and meaningless becomes interwoven and enriched by its now sensical and codified surroundings.
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David Lang’s music now playable on Rock Band
Get a load of this bit of weekend trivia:
According to Amanda Ameer’s blog over at the ArtsJournal, several works by the Bang on a All-Stars are now available for download for at-home Rock Band “rocking”. Works include David Lang’s Cheating, Lying, Stealing, Michael Gordon’s Yo Shakespeare, and Evan Ziporyn’s Shadowbang (Head). Julia Wolfe’s Believing will [...]
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With Bated Breath Video
I’m proud to announce that a video and audio recording of one of my most recent collaborations with choreographer Alex Taylor has now been posted here. Titled With Bated Breath, this work was long in the making and both Alex and I are very proud of the final results.
Please read more about it on it’s [...]
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Beauty’s Birth Recording
The recording of Beauty’s Birth, a soprano duet I finished this spring based on a poem which I have referenced on this blog several times, is now posted on this page. My own program notes for the work are pasted below.
The profundity of this succinct and pithy poem written by my own father haunts me. [...]
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A Return to Work (plus some family fun)
Considering that my last post was in April, I feel I have a bit of explaining to do. The composition of my graduate thesis at the University of Oregon, a large work for orchestra entitled Suite of Roads, absolutely consumed all of my time until about May 25th. Since then I have been working at [...]
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Lucy Shelton Unaccompanied Workshop Concert Tonight!
Tonight @ 7pm in Beall Hall at the University of Oregon, my work, Beauty’s Birth, will be performed by Juliana Urban and Alli Bach as part of Lucy Shelton’s residency here as Trotter Visiting Professor. Although I won’t be able to make it to the concert myself, I can most certainly vouch for my own [...]
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Everything that Rises Must Converge, by Benjamin Krause