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Spektral Quartet Feinberg Doyle Armbrust Jacobs Freund Debussy 2021
". . . and Night was the Universe." for String Quartet Written for the Spektral Quartet Maeve Feinberg, Violin I Clara Lyon, Violin II Doyle Armbrust, Viola Russell Rolen, Cello Live recording of the Spektral Quartet recital at the 2021 IU Jacobs School of Music Composition Department 48 Hours project, following 25 minutes of rehearsal. Special thanks to the Spektral Quartet, Professor Aaron Travers, Professor David Dzubay, and Professor Don Freund for helping me compose this piece Special(er) thanks to the Jacobs School of Music and the anonymous donor for funding this awesome collaboration! ". . . and Night was the Universe." was written as a part of the 48 Hour Collaboration Event with the Spekral Quartet in November 2021 at the Jacobs School of Music at Indiana University. The Spektral Quartet provided a prompt at noon on Friday, 11/5/21, and the finished pieces were then due at noon on Sunday, 11/7/21. The quartet then had around 4 hours to learn each composers' piece (around 7 or 8 whole pieces) and then premiere them later that Sunday evening. I have been a big fan of the Spektral Quartet for several years, so it has been such an amazing opportunity to get a chance to work with them. Their prompt for this event was: "What does the night mean to you?" The quartet also asked us composers to hide the first three notes of Debussy's "Clair de Lune" somewhere in the piece. With this prompt, I immediately thought of a nighttime journey, where one goes from stillness to danger before finally arriving at beauty and stillness again. I hope to capture the feeling of 'looking up' when the stars are out and the enveloping sense of expansiveness in the darkness. The title comes from a quote from Edgar Allan Poe's The Pit and the Pendulum, which follows a somewhat similar journey. The full quote is "Then silence, and stillness, and night were the universe." These words were all I could think about when looking at the stars and experiencing night. Secondly, I thought of what night means to the world around me as a musician and student. Nighttime gives people to courage to be strange in a way that they would not be comfortable with in the daytime. The night is a chance to explore things out of the ordinary, and I decided to channel that in my music. Extended techniques and microtones are severely out of my comfort zone as a composer, but I knew this collaboration with the Spektral Quartet would be a good space to experiment with different sounds. For more information, visit LukeHenryMusic.com
Shulamit Ran Doyle Armbrust Spektral Quartet 2019
Eminent composer Shulamit Ran discusses her String Quartet No. 2, "Vistas," her creative process, and what parts of herself filter into her music with Spektral violist Doyle Armbrust. Join Spektral Quartet and Shulamit Ran on December 12th, 2019 for 'Once More, With Feeling!' – a series dedicated to making unfamiliar music familiar through on-stage interviews with composers, a deep dive into the score, and most importantly: a second performance on the same night. Tickets here: bit.ly/ShulamitOnStage CREDITS: video shot and edited by Nick Zoulek; live concert recording of "Vistas" by Spektral Quartet; interview by Doyle Armbrust
On May 23rd and 24th, the Spektral Quartet, in collaboration with High Concept Laboratories, presents "Theatre of War," an artistic investigation of the contemporary disconnect between the experiences of most citizens and those of people directly impacted by war. Hosted by Chicago's historic Chopin Theatre, this multi-disciplinary event takes place just days after the city bids farewell to the NATO summit and aims to raise funds for the Vet Art Project. Read more about Theatre of War: (http•••) Buy your tickets today! (http•••) All ticket proceeds will be donated to the Vet Art Project: (http•••) Many thanks to the brilliant folks at Bitter Jester Creative for creating this video. (http•••)
Ilya Gringolts Barlow Ruth Anderson Peters Spektral Quartet American Opera Projects 2015 2016 2020
I&I Foundation 2020 commission Our commissions for the year 2020 takes us globally with composers hailing from all the world. Kicking off our commissioned works, which was filmed by our friends at Pilvax Films, here is American composer Sky Macklay's "Trrhythms", with Ilya Gringolts, our Founder and Co-Artistic Director as soloist in this virtuosic violin work. Here is what Sky has to say about her work: "Trrhythms = transformation + rhythms. “Tr” also brings to mind words such as trill, tremolo, traverse, and the trembling pattern of acoustic beating, which are all a part of the piece. Trrhythms is built of five sections. Each section uses a different short, rhythmic phrase over and over, while other musical elements such as pitches, dynamics, and timbres go through a transformational process. The transitions between each section foreshadow the next section’s rhythm. In my music in general and especially in this piece, I want to create materials that are memorable and striking, yet constantly evolving in ways that invite the listener to predict the materials’ trajectory." Get to know more about Sky as a composer by having a read of her biography: "Sky Macklay is a composer, oboist, and installation artist, and is Assistant Professor of Music at Valparaiso University in Northwest Indiana. Her music is conceptual yet expressive, exploring extreme contrasts, audible processes, humor, and the physicality of sound. Sky’s music has been commissioned by The Fromm Foundation at Harvard University, Chamber Music America, The Barlow Endowment, The Los Angeles Philharmonic, and Gaudeamus Muziekweek. In 2015 her sonic and kinetic installation of inflatable harmonica-playing robots, Harmonibots, received the Ruth Anderson Prize from The International Alliance for Women in Music. Her iconic string quartet Many Many Cadences is recorded on Spektral Quartet’s 2016 Grammy-nominated album Serious Business, and has since been performed internationally by many of the world’s top quartets. Sky was a Composers and the Voice Fellow with American Opera Projects where she began a collaboration with librettist Emily Roller. Together, they created Why We Bleed, an opera set in a uterus, and its sequel The Surrogate, an opera set in an OBGYN’s office. Sky’s music is published by C.F. Peters." To read Sky's complete biography, visit (http•••). / Visit our social media channels and stay connected with us???? Website: iandifoundation.org Instagram: @iandi.foundation Facebook: @iandifoundation