In Between
for orchestra (2018, 8 min.)
2.2.2.2 - 4.3.3.1 - timp; 3 perc; hp; pno - str [can be scaled up or down on request]
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recognition
Selected for the 2019 EarShot Underwood New Music Readings Selected for the Chelsea Symphony 2019 Call for Scores Finalist for the 2021 ASCAP Morton Gould Award first performers
Yale Philharmonia; Julian Pellicano, conductor |
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note
In Between takes its inspiration from movies about making movies, like Federico Fellini's 8 1/2, or David Lynch's Mulholland Drive. In these films, the lives of fictitious filmmakers "off-set" often become intermingled with the film they're attempting to make. I took this premise as a jumping-off point for my composition process, thinking of the orchestra as a crew of filmmakers. Specifically, the whip – a percussion instrument that makes a distinctive whack – stands in for the director's clapperboard. Every time the whip is sounded, it signifies an "action" for the filming to begin, or a "cut" for the filming to stop. The title refers to what happens in between "takes," and the inevitable merging of off- and on-set.
In Between takes its inspiration from movies about making movies, like Federico Fellini's 8 1/2, or David Lynch's Mulholland Drive. In these films, the lives of fictitious filmmakers "off-set" often become intermingled with the film they're attempting to make. I took this premise as a jumping-off point for my composition process, thinking of the orchestra as a crew of filmmakers. Specifically, the whip – a percussion instrument that makes a distinctive whack – stands in for the director's clapperboard. Every time the whip is sounded, it signifies an "action" for the filming to begin, or a "cut" for the filming to stop. The title refers to what happens in between "takes," and the inevitable merging of off- and on-set.