The Glassblower
Format
Composer's Club Concerts
Faculty Mentor Name
Francois Rose
Faculty Mentor Department
Conservatory of Music
Additional Faculty Mentor Name
Robert Coburn
Abstract/Artist Statement
For this piece, my primary inspiration for the three movements, respectively entitled “Heart,” “The Butterfly,” and “Jellyfish,” came from three separate glassworks that I found on the internet. Since each glasswork had its own characteristics and overall feeling, developing interesting and contrasting material for the three movements was extremely easy. For the first movement, “Heart,” I kept a consistent rhythmic feeling to focus more on harmonic and melodic development. For the second movement, “The Butterfly,” I did the opposite. I developed several rhythmic motifs that I played around with throughout the movement while also through composing the harmonic and melodic material to constantly move from harmony to dissonance. Finally, for the third movement, “Jellyfish,” I took a much more open approach and used space and simple motivic gestures to my advantage throughout the movement. This piece has been an absolute joy to write and I hope you enjoy listening to it as much as I did writing it.
Location
Recital Hall
Start Date
29-4-2014 7:30 PM
End Date
29-4-2014 9:30 PM
The Glassblower
Recital Hall
For this piece, my primary inspiration for the three movements, respectively entitled “Heart,” “The Butterfly,” and “Jellyfish,” came from three separate glassworks that I found on the internet. Since each glasswork had its own characteristics and overall feeling, developing interesting and contrasting material for the three movements was extremely easy. For the first movement, “Heart,” I kept a consistent rhythmic feeling to focus more on harmonic and melodic development. For the second movement, “The Butterfly,” I did the opposite. I developed several rhythmic motifs that I played around with throughout the movement while also through composing the harmonic and melodic material to constantly move from harmony to dissonance. Finally, for the third movement, “Jellyfish,” I took a much more open approach and used space and simple motivic gestures to my advantage throughout the movement. This piece has been an absolute joy to write and I hope you enjoy listening to it as much as I did writing it.