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 This piece "WatersWorks" for chamber orchestra is scored for: Flute, Clarinet/Bass Clarinet, Bassoon, Trumpet, Tuba, Vibraphone, + Strings. The photos are of the 'core' collection of notes, all written in shorthand notation on one piece of large staff paper folded 8 times producing 16 sections. As usual I was busy working my day job but had to continue - I kept this paper in my pocket until I finished all of the sections - many of them 'waters' references. As per usual with many of my scores this work was written throughout the city in many diverse locations - from the Ava Simon Reading Room at the Guggenheim to Ave A, down to the East River and over the Bridges.
I orchestrated 10 movements, recorded 8 and and now finishing the cycle. The music wrote itself, but the orchestration took over one year of tinkering, making lists of combinations, re-working, finalizing this special orchestra. This was also difficult because this work is intended as an examination of later day minimalism paired with contemporary improvisational vocabulary. Below are three sections from Waters Works - "Waters Blues", "Time Garden" and "XTown Counterpoint". I hope you enjoy - it is music from and for the summer!
http://soundcloud.com/nurecords/01-waters-blues
http://soundcloud.com/nurecords/08-time-garden
http://soundcloud.com/nurecords/02-xtown-counterpoint

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