by barbarah_admin | Oct 11, 2021
Petite Rhapsody bursts with flying scales, twittering grace notes, and alternates between exciting driving rhythms and improvisatory sections.
by barbarah_admin | Oct 11, 2021
Civil-Civility (2016) depicts the acts and writings of courageous women who defied all odds to help women and humanity. Women have historically struggled to achieve their rights in patriarchal societies even from the time of 9th-century Kassia, born in Constantinople...
by barbarah_admin | Oct 11, 2021
For Four Trumpets and Four Trombones Sulpitia Lodovica Cesis (1577-c. 1619) came from Modena, the daughter of nobility. She entered the convent of San Geminiano in 1593. The convent was known for its excellent music. Cesis played the lute well, and she composed an...
by barbarah_admin | Oct 11, 2021
Emanations of the Sacred Harp is a two-movement work for tuba and piano. The first movement, I. Morning Fantasy, is an eloquent fantasy beginning and ending with a quasi-improvisatory setting for the central hymn tune “The Morning Trumpet.” The second movement, II....
by barbarah_admin | Oct 11, 2021
Confluencity is inspired by the confluence of the Missouri and Mississippi Rivers near St. Louis – the fluidity and separateness of the bassoon and piano co-mingle to produce a strong and dynamic whole. Melodies with an early American flavor give rise to imitation,...
