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This song is called EZEKIEL and it's about aliens and shit... for solo clarinet duration app. 4 min.
Program Notes: This piece is written for and with the assistance of Gabby Baffoni, and for the UMKC program CO(mp)LLABORATIONS. So I was in Dubuque, Iowa with some fellow composers for a composition conference and we decided it would be nice to get out into the “scene” and find some local flavor. We ended up at a place called “The Silver Dollar” or something like that and found live, local music. Most of the singer/songwriters played their acoustic guitars and sang variations on what always sounds like the same song… You know, soft, imagery-ridden verses with a simple, louder, emotional chorus. Then, a duo of gentlemen blew our minds with a set of crazy originals. The title is taken verbatim from the introduction to one of their songs. I have not tried to recreate their sound, but merely their manic onstage personas and seemingly random transitions and effects. This piece is nothing more than a lot of fun and a chance to make the clarinet growl and pretend to be an alien…and shit. Enjoy. -Ryan Jesperson Performance Notes: Accidentals apply throughout the measure, in the octave of occurrence, in the usual tradition. The “growl” notes should be performed in the tradition of a saxophone growl. If this is not possible, any suitable alternative will suffice. The aleatoric “screechy” sections should sound disjunct and crazy, as if the instrument has taken control of you! The “Rock Out!” section should be swung slightly, with as much movement and invigorating noise as you want to bring to it. This piece is more about theatrics than notes, so when in doubt, play the part. And if the performer would like to through in some spooky vocal effects, that’d be cool too. The performer is encouraged to wear an alien costume if he/she has one sitting in a closet gathering dust, or maybe has a coupon for 50% off the rental price at a costume shop, or a spouse or uncle who is really, really, (like goes to conventions) is into any of the series with that start with the word “Star” who would let him/her borrow the costume for the performance… The performer is encourage to remember the Alamo, and the lesson we learned. At this point the performer should stop listening to the composer’s performance notes, as he has obviously had too much coffee and is having a bit of fun writing silly sentences… Good luck! This song is called EZEKIEL and it's about aliens and shit... was premiered by Gabby Baffoni on the Nov. 2nd CO(mp)LLABORATIONS concert. |
Upcoming Performances
The future: Bobby Watson and the UMKC Big Band will premiere Rhapsody for Dean Moriarty in Kansas City, MO. The future: Ashly Evans will premiere Birdsongs in Houston, TX. The future: Jeux pour Jumeaux will be premiered in San Francisco, CA. fall, 2013: Ryan Ford will perform BA(da)SS in Hartford, CT. summer/fall, 2013: The Agosto Duo will premiere a new work for oboe and english horn. summer, 2013: David Tayloe will premiere A Page Out of Zen. summer, 2013: Hebdomas Squatinae will be performed by the SoundScape Trio in South America. June, 2013: Hebdomas Squatinae (new version for fl, asax,pno) will be premiered by the Verismo Trio in Wyoming at the WMTA convention. May 26th, 2013: Joseph Abad and Marko Stuparovic will perform Icarus in West Hartford, CT. April 22nd, 2013: Jordan Jacobson will perform fragments and memories with the HICO Orchestra in CT. April 20th, 2013: Jordan Jacobson will perform fragments and memories with the HICO Orchestra in CT. April 19-20, 2013: The UMKC Opera Dept. will perform portions of Songs from Behind the Curtain. April 7th, 2013: Joseph Abad and Marko Stuparovic will premiere Icarus in West Hartford, CT. March 24th, 2013: Getz Going: A Suite for Eddie Sauter will be performed by Sheri Brown and the West End String Quartet in Hartford, CT. February 21st, 2013: Not Death, but Love will be performed by the Ouroboros Quartet at a Misha-maya-gat event in Manchester, CT. October 18th, 2012: Sheri Brown and others will perform Getz Going: A Suite for Eddie Sauter in Manchester, CT. October 14th, 2012: Sheri Brown and others will perform Getz Going: A Suite for Eddie Sauter in Hartford, CT. August 23rd, 2012: Sheri Brown and others will premiere Getz Going: A Suite for Eddie Sauter on a Hartford Phase Shift concert. June 23rd, 2012: Ryan Ford will perform BA(da)SS at the New Hampshire Bass Fest June 7th, 2012 7pm: A concert of the works of Ryan Jesperson will be presented at the Hartt School in West Hartford CT.
May 31st, 2012: The Invisible, Magic, Soccer Phone will be premiered in Middlefield, CT. May 27th, 2012: Jordan Jacobson and Anastasia Seifetdinova will perform fragments and memories on a CCI concert in CT. | ||||
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