Sarah Goldfeather, a composer-performer on this album, is the co-founder, artistic director, and violinist for the seven-piece new music ensemble Exceptet.
Compositional Technique
Paul Kerekes's piece 'figment' was inspired by the unique combination of instruments in Exceptet and the instrumentation's roots in Stravinsky's L'Histoire du Soldat.
Performer Biography
Paul Kerekes, a New York-based composer-pianist featured on this album, is a co-founder of Grand Band, a piano sextet described by The New York Times as 'a kind of new-music supergroup.'
Composer's Artistic Vision
Katherine Balch's 'Tree Lines,' an ode to old-growth trees, consists of eleven short movements, each focusing on a different tree, reflecting her approach to capturing long-lived subjects with brevity.
Composition History
Katherine Balch's 'Tree Lines' was commissioned by the Barlow Endowment for Music Composition at Brigham Young University.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Composer Katherine Balch, featured on this album, is interested in found sounds, playfulness, intimate spaces, and natural processes in her music.
