Second Annual Swarthmore College
Student and Alumni Composers Concert
Saturday, October 29, 2011
Lang Concert Hall
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At the appointed hour (or thereabouts) -- with Debby How and Jerry Levinson --
composition students and others gather, with
Elizabeth Hoffman and I sequentially holding forth, re music for two violins, Irish pipes, and electronics; plus allusions to
Psalm 6 and
Suite ("Sol[ar]") and performances of
The Twelve Fingers: I (live),
San Fernando Hub: I (featuring audience participation), and
Camino Real: Block 9 (the video produced over the summer), as the wind blows and the
snow continues to fall.
More practice thereafter (a bit of Eastern cabin fever setting in, but beats walking across campus in the snow for dinner), including one with Debby and Tom for
The Inner Circles, and another for Peter Schikele's canons
Dona Nobis Pacem and
Swing, Swing, Swing.
At last the concert,
with
all
going
impressively
well --
warm comments all around, and particular congrats to Debby for putting all together, this the second annual event. Many express interest in next year: in particular, thinking of excerpts from
Ecclesiastes, Op. 3...
