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Here We Sleep
Here We Sleep for Sinfonietta Duration: 20:00Completed: 2011Instrumentation: 1111/1111/pno, hrp, 2 perc./11111 Program Notes They said that the service, which was intended to express a kind of English patriotism and unity, was disquieting, even terrifying. With the surviving writings describing the event it is difficult to make out any specifics for sure and so we…
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My Shepherd Will Supply My Need
My Shepherd Will Supply My Need, for Mixed Choir and Piano Duration: 4:00Completed: 2006Instrumentation: SSATTB Program Notes Every song has its own history, which explicitly and implicitly informs its meaning. In the 17th Century, the American Puritans had intentionally reduced singing in church to only 13 melodies. People forgot how to sing; one 17th Century…
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Wake Nicodemus
Wake Nicodemus for Tenor and Ensemble Duration: 8:00Completed: 2008Instrumentation: Tenor, Flute, Oboe, Bb Clarinet, Bassoon, Horn, Bb Trumpet, Trombone, Tuba, 2 Percussionists, 2 Violins, Viola, Cello, and Bass Program Notes “The past is never dead. It’s not even past.” -William Faulkner I’ve listened to him sing those songs under his breath. He chuckles every once…
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.
