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new compositions...
Pam talks with oboe
soloist Veronica
Kenney
at a rehearsal for Enchanted
Enchanted for Oboe and Chamber Orchestra
The Concord Chamber Ensemble presented two performances of “Enchanted”, oboist Veronica Kenney as soloist and Alan Yost conducting. In “Enchanted”, I explore my sense of the magic in the natural world.
About Enchanted
Weaving the World for Chorus, Oboe, Piano, Percussion
The Assabet Valley Mastersingers, led by Robert Eaton, presented the premiere of
“Weaving the World” in March 2006. I was thrilled by the performance and by the opportunity
to meet Janisse Ray, the author of my text, for the
first time.
Pam and Amy Beach
(impersonated by a chorus
member)
in a panel discussion
before the
performance of
Weaving the
World
The text was adapted from an Audubon essay, in which Ms. Ray writes “Each night the spiders weave the world back together…” This deeply felt piece juxtaposes a sanctuary in the natural world with the distant terror of war. I thank AVM for co-commissioning the work with First Parish in Concord, MA and Unity Church Unitarian in St. Paul, MN.
The audience and Pam applaud the
Assabet Valley Mastersingers’ premiere
of Weaving the World
About Weaving the World About Assabet Valley Mastersingers
Black Bear Dance for Horns and Drums
Esprit de Cor
in concert.
Pam is in red in
the front row.
Drummers Charlie Bowen and Mary
Neumann
wait for the performance
of Black Bear Dance
For several years, I have written music for the annual concert of the Lexington, MA horn ensemble Esprit de Cor. This year I added African drums and did an energetic, jazzy piece for quartet or 4-part horn choir. It was a popular hit at the First Parish Summer Concert Series in June. Many thanks to Marilyn Kloss, who took “Black Bear Dance” to the International Horn Society Workshop in South Africa later in the summer, where the large horn choir enjoyed playing it, too.
About Black Bear Dance
Art-Poem-Music: Body and Soul
I’m beginning work on an artist-poet-composer collaboration that will result in a large set of songs associated with Sirarpi Heghinian Walzer’s artworks. Poetry, inspired by the art, is by Elizabeth Kirschner. The songs, with various chamber ensembles, will be performed in several concerts in 2007.
