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Sound Becomes Visible in the Form of Radiance

(2010)

Instrumentation:

(bowed) piano
flute
clarinet
violin
cello
percussion

Duration: c. 40'



Written for the Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble

Commissioned as the winner of the 2009 Harvey Gaul Competition


"Radiance was achieved at the end of the nearly 40-minute piece by pleasantly astringent harmony, after which the music faded away to silence."

-Mark Kanny, Pittsburgh Tribune Review





Excerpt:

 


Interview with Pittsburgh New Music Net TV:



Radio interview for WQED Pittsburgh in iTunes



Score available from Donemus Publishing


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