Paula Matthusen, "Weaving Resonances"
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11/11/2022
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The excerpts presented here represent a small selection of the work-in-progress Weaving Resonances, which is the outgrowth of nearly a decade long period of research and conversation with Mammoth Cave, its history, and the many people connected to it. This specific set of compositions marks the return of the SPLICE Ensemble (Keith Kirchoff, Adam Vidiksis, Sam Wells, and special guest Jennifer Beattie) to Mammoth Cave following a recording session originally completed in 2019. Hopefully this will be followed by yet other opportunities to interact with the cave and its numerous complexities.
We returned to the cave last July through the gracious support of Mammoth Cave National Park, and owe special gratitude to Rick Toomey, Brice Leech, Janet Bass Smith, and Jerry Bransford, whose hands, conversations, and research (if not literally their voices) make appearances in this collection. The collection will continue to be updated and revised. This serves as an initial gathering of materials and ideas that will be revised as they become enacted and engaged with.
Many thanks to Wesleyan University and their GiSOS Distinctive Project Grant, which provided invaluable support for this creative research.
SPLICE Ensemble is a trumpet, piano, and percussion trio focused on cultivating a canon of electroacoustic chamber music. Called a “sonic foodfight” by Jazz Weekly, SPLICE Ensemble works with composers and performers on performance practice techniques for collaboration and integrating electronics into a traditional performance space, and they were recently awarded a Chamber Music America grant for a commission of a new 25-minute work with composer Caroline Miller. The resident ensemble of both SPLICE Institute and SPLICE Festival, SPLICE Ensemble has been a featured ensemble at M Woods in Beijing, SEAMUS, the Electroacoustic Barn Dance, SCI National, Electronic Music Midwest, and New Music Detroit’s Strange Beautiful Music 10. They have recorded on both the SEAMUS and Parma Labels.
Vocalist/Poet/Composer Jennifer Beattie, hailed by Opera News for her “exuberant voice and personality”, performs a wide range of vocal music from early to experimental. She collaborates as a poet/lyricist with classical, jazz and experimental composers, and has premiered over 150 works written for her voice.
Paula Matthusen is a composer who writes both electroacoustic and acoustic music and realizes sound installations. She writes for diverse instrumentations, and seeks collaborations across the arts and sciences. Her work often considers discrepancies in musical space—real, imagined, and remembered. She is currently Professor of Music at Wesleyan University.- Tags
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