Author Archives: Sam L. Richards

With Bated Breath Video

By Sam L. Richards | Published: June 17, 2010
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 [...]
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Beauty’s Birth Recording

By Sam L. Richards | Published: June 16, 2010
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 [...]
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A Return to Work (plus some family fun)

By Sam L. Richards | Published: June 15, 2010
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!

By Sam L. Richards | Published: April 18, 2010
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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Conglomerate

By Sam L. Richards | Published: April 6, 2010
My favorite kind of rock is conglomerate. All sorts of stuff butted up against each other to make a unique whole. What a great aesthetic. Too much music assumes that to be of any import it must consist of a single type of rock within the conglomerate. “Can’t have too many ideas in one piece!” [...]
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Trees, Glorious Trees—Arbor Week Is Upon Us In Oregon

By Sam L. Richards | Published: April 5, 2010
“Well, in Oregon we like to be different, so we set aside an entire week to honor trees. The Oregon State Legislature has decreed that the first full week of April shall be designated as Arbor Week.” Click repeatedly in the box below to generate some random arbor beauty.
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“Tangential” Performance at Conduit

By Sam L. Richards | Published: March 16, 2010
I have finally edited and posted the video from a performance of my collaborative work Tangential with choreographer Valerie Ifill. The original work was premiered at Dance For a Reason in late January, but Val and I proceeded to create an extended and final version for Instrinsic Environment, a concert featured at Conduit Dance, Inc. [...]
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“with bated breath” Performance, This Friday @ 8pm

By Sam L. Richards | Published: March 11, 2010
This Friday in the Dougherty Dance Theatre on the University of Oregon campus my work “with bated breath” will be featured along with choreography by Tiffany Alexandra Taylor. The work has been a collaborative process and has been a long time in the making, resulting in a 12-minute production—my longest collaborative choreographic work yet. Winter [...]
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“My Own” Performance at Conduit

By Sam L. Richards | Published: March 9, 2010
Last weekend, on February 27th, two of my works were featured in Portland, one a premiere, at Intrinsic Environment: A dance and music collaboration. A video of My Own, with choreography by Valerie Ifill and Emily Baumann, can be found here. A video of the other work, Tangential, which was an extended version of the [...]
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Intrinsic Environment, Tonight in Portland!!!

By Sam L. Richards | Published: February 27, 2010
Tonight at Instrinsic Envirnonment: A dance and music collaboration two of my works will be performed along with choreography by Valerie Ifill: My Own, and Tangential. Choreography and music by my colleagues David C. Horton, Jeremy Schropp, and A.T. Moffett will also be on the program. Rehearsals last night looked great! Featured at Conduit Dance, [...]
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