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Scrapheap
Scrapheap, for Piano Duration: 12:00Completed: 2004Instrumentation: Solo PianoDedication: To Maria Cayetana of Alba, and Erin Bonski Program Notes The piano mastered me, while I tried to master it. I began to learn the piano early on, but little did I know that the piano had already begun its assault on me. Those teachers made Chopin and Mozart…
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Durch Adams Fall
Durch Adams Fall ist ganz verderbt Duration: 7:00Completed: 2005Instrumentation: Solo OrganDedication: for Heike Program Notes The hymn “Durch Adam’s fall ist ganz verderbt” is about the first sin of Adam and Eve, which caused God to expel them from paradise, and death to enter the world. The corruption of those two introduced a curse of…
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Wachet Auf
Wachet auf, ruft uns die die Stimme, for Organ Duration: 6:00Completed: 2005Instrumentation: Solo Organ Program Notes “The bridegroom tarried, and they all became drowsy and slept” (Matt. 25:5) The parable of the ten virgins is part of the apocalyptic narrative in the New Testament. It describes a sudden and total upheaval. The parable is disturbing…
Described as “evocative” (Resonance) and “surreal” music “to bewilder, amuse, and provoke” (Epoch Times), the works of composer Sarah Genevieve Burghart Rice have won great acclaim and inspired intense debate. Burghart Rice received a 2009 ASCAP/Morton Gould Young Composer Award and took 1st Prize in the 2005 Salvatore Martirano Award. Her music has been championed internationally by ensembles such as the Cabrillo Festival Orchestra (Marin Alsop, director), the Cleveland Chamber Symphony, and Juventas.
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Some fantastic musicians and I are working on an album set to release on Neuma Records called Where?. This recording will feature older compositions such as Murmurs from Limbo (the picture above is from that recording session, conducted by Dr. Kathryn Hylton) and new compositions such as Roses less than a Mile from Schlow Library, which is written for the Pennsylvania Quintet. It also features Dr. Tonya Mitchell Spradlin conducting the premiere recording of my mammoth wind ensemble piece The Hardscrabble.
The Penn State School of Music, where I teach, presents the 2023 Penn State New-Music Festival and Symposium. It will take place March 24-25, 2023, featuring the work of composers and scholars selected through an international call for scores and research proposals. We received over 650 submissions from 30 countries. The 2023 festival will feature PSU students and faculty, string quartet in residence Mivos Quartet, guest ensemble Open Music, saxophone quartet Capitol Quartet, and guest percussion quartet Matchstick Percussion.
