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Earthy Chants

(2016)

Six similar instruments
Solo instrument and tape 

Duration: 24'


Premiered at the 2016 NFA convention in San Diego.

Three movements:
The Singing Wall 
Om to the Killer B's
Don't Forget Everyday, Your Funky Prayers to Say

 


"The Singing Wall began in the depths, very much like the low brass at the start of Wagner’s Das Rheingold, a sonic image depicting the beginning of the world."
    - Scott MacClelland, Performing Arts Monterey Bay

 


From 'The Art of the Contrabass Flute', available on Karnatic Lab records and CD Baby:


   

 

Digital download available on:









Preview, Don't Forget Everyday, Your Funky Prayers to Say: