From May 5-15, 2012, I visited Israel on a Birthright Israel trip. These photos show some of the highlights of my trip.
The old city of Tzfat:
On and around a nearby Kibbutz:
Near the northern border with Lebanon:
Solid, granitic, and sardonic music inspired by the Early Modernists.
A musical journey through the history of the Universe, combining contemporary musical language with the drama of the Romantic period.
Passionate, dark, and tender music inspired by feelings associated with old age and death.
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Complex, passionate, and heartfelt setting of three Psalms.
In October my Variations (2011) was premiered by the Aurea Silva Trio, comprised of Brandy Hudelson, flute; Gareth Thomas, bassoon; and David Gilliland, piano. The piece was composed for the trio and they blew the doors off with their performance!
September in Bloomington saw the premiere of A Requiem (2011), a work for choir and piano submitted last April as my Master’s Thesis. The performance was incredible thanks to the brilliant leadership of Benjamin Geier, my colleague from Indiana University and music director of Vox Reflexa. The first movement (“The Tower”) will be released on the upcoming Vox Reflexa New Millennium Composer’s Forum CD this Summer–more info will be available soon!
From August 8-16, 2011, I attended the Klasik Keyifler Composers’ Cauldron in Kapadkoya, Turkey. Composers Kamran Ince, Marc Mellits, and Michael Ellison, were in residence, along with many fabulous musicians from Turkey, Europe, and the United States. My new string quartet, was workshopped and performed by Orhan Ahıskal and Beril Sun, violins; Meriç Esen, viola; and Heidi Hoffman, cello, for a full house in Şakir Paşa Medrese, an Ottoman School. It was an amazing time and I was so grateful to be a part of it!
From August 8-16, 2011, I attended the Klasik Keyifler Composers’ Cauldron in Kapadkoya, Turkey. Composers Kamran Ince, Marc Mellits, and Michael Ellison, were in residence, along with many fabulous musicians from Turkey, Europe, and the United States. My new string quartet, was workshopped and performed by Orhan Ahıskal and Beril Sun, violins; Meriç Esen, viola; and Heidi Hoffman, cello, for a full house in Şakir Paşa Medrese, an Ottoman School. It was an amazing time and I was so grateful to be a part of it!
The famous Hagia Sophia:
After sightseeing we went to Taksim to get some fresh air and dinner:
The awesome night life in Istanbul:
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