under the Presence, whatever there is else is moving (2016) four bass clarinets
This bass clarinet quartet was written for Jeff Anderle’s newest album of bass clarinet music.
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Seven Fragments of “Lord, Throughout These Forty Days” (2015) solo organ
This set of organ solos was written for Zion San Francisco’s 2015 Lent Services. The hymn “Lord, Throughout These Forty Days” (Lutheran Service Book 418) was chosen as the recurring theme for the Wednesday evening Lenten services with these seven fragments used as preludes or postludes.No. 1 – Lent 1, February 25, 2015
No. 2 – Lent 2, March 4, 2015
No. 3 – Lent 3, March 11, 2015
No. 4 – Lent 4, March 18, 2015
No. 5 – Lent 5, March 25, 2015
No. 6 – Good Friday, April 3, 2015
No. 7 – Easter, April 5, 2015Score and Recording Coming Soon
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Music for Alice’s Room (2015) lp
[bandcamp album=3228071951 bgcol=FFFFFF linkcol=4285BB size=grande3]In May 2014 Alice Danielle Hovatter was born. Celebrating, I asked a few talented friends if they would be able to make some “furniture” music in order to christen her nursery. The response was overwhelming! These 14 tracks are a compilation of music made for Alice’s room. All proceeds go directly to those friends that jumped at the opportunity to create beautiful music for little Alice’s room.- handbells, piano, organ + field recordings
- electric guitars, glockenspiel + processing
lyrics
Lullaby baby
Lullaby now.
Sleep my baby,
Sleep my love.This pretty baby
Who was born in the morning,
Wants to be taken
For a jalopy ride.This sweet baby
Who was born during the day,
Wants to be taken
To the candy shop.This pretty baby
Who was born at night,
Wants to be taken
For a stroller ride.This pretty baby
Wants to sleep
But the naughty sleep
Doesn’t want to come.This pretty baby
Who was born at night,
Wants to be taken
For a stroller ride. - Processed piano and vinyl on fixed media
Fall 2014
San Francisco, CA - Joseph M. Colombo original + processing
Colombo’s Original: soundcloud.com/joseph-m-colombo/stops-a-butterfly?in=joseph-m-colombo/sets/6-16-14-suite
- Love Each Trait is a piece about the contemplative observation of the world unfolding around you and the wonderment that is felt in its mysterious beauty; quietly taking stock of all of its knowns and its unknowns. Even the moments in our experience that may initially inspire fear further serve to make the magnificence of our world’s entirety even greater.Timbres used (in order of appearance) :A synthesized texture that is reminiscent of the sound of distant voices carried on the wind, Sampled voice, Processed Electric Guitar, Sub-bass tones.orchestra + processingSeven years later revisited:kylehovatter.bandcamp.com/track/anachr…er-orchestraThis is an excerpt from a 2:45:00 long work, commissioned by Kyle Hovatter for his daughter Alice.
timbres (used in this excerpt): oscillating metal strings, nymph tears
ukulele, field recording + processinglyrics
Velvet Shoes by Elinor WylieLet us walk in the white snow
In a soundless space;
With footsteps quiet and slow,
At a tranquil pace,
Under veils of white lace.I shall go shod in silk,
And you in wool,
White as white cow’s milk,
More beautiful
Than the breast of a gull.We shall walk through the still town
In a windless peace;
We shall step upon white down,
Upon silver fleece,
Upon softer than these.We shall walk in velvet shoes:
Wherever we go
Silence will fall like dews
On white silence below.
We shall walk in the snow.The piece is about curiosity and playfulness through time, location, age, and culture. It starts small and gets progressively more layered as the child’s imagination grows increasingly larger and more elaborate.The crickets are from Vermont.
The child and his grandpa talking in Spanish and dancing are from Malaga, Spain. I ran into this kid at a public park with an open bell floor and he was making stuff up. I kind of excerpted things here and there to make a piece I liked.
The rain and soft thunder is from Rome.
The church bells are in Rome.
The fountain and owls/birds at the end are from Florence, I believe.
The bell in the quiet part is from an open air market in Thailand.
Danny Clay original, added field recordings + processingA remix of my friend and great composer’s piece “whether the lilies are white in the garden, or there is snow on the ground”. Not wanting to alter Danny Clay’s sound world too greatly, this remix is a different viewer’s perspective of the same events.Danny Clay’s Original: dannyclay.bandcamp.com/track/whether-the-lilies-are-white-in-the-garden-or-there-is-snow-on-the-groundscored for Irish Flute, Tenor Overtone Flute, Shiva’s Whistle, Shepherd’s Pipe, Gemshorn, and Bass Flute.A notated improvisation realized with the help of Matthias McIntire and Danny Claywww.matthiasmcintire.com
dclaymusic.com/home.htmlRecorded Live at Zion Lutheran Church in San Francisco
September 15, 2013Matthias McIntire, viola
Danny Clay, piano
Kyle Hovatter, pianoProcessed piano and vinyl on fixed media
Fall 2014
San Francisco, CAtwo pianos, viola, field recording + processingDanny Clay + Kyle Hovatter, pianos; Luis Escareño, viola
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communion music around A (2013) viola + two pianos
A notated improvisation realized with Matthias McIntire and Danny Clay
www.matthiasmcintire.com/
dclaymusic.com/home.html
Recorded Live at Zion Lutheran Church in San Francisco
September 15, 2013
Sample Score
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[Remix] Danny Clay – whether the lilies are white in the garden, or there is snow on the ground
A remix of my friend and great composer’s piece “whether the lilies are white in the garden, or there is snow on the ground”. Not wanting to alter Danny Clay’s sound world too greatly, this remix is a different viewer’s perspective of the same events.
Danny Clay’s Original: dannyclay.bandcamp.com/track/whether…on-the-ground
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