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Sometimes I feel a great distance between.
act: writing music, act: scoring music
It is only clear that they are related. And it is a joy to see ideas culminate in a product. A point on a map from which I can now move forward. And look back.
I am pleased with my new score, a piece for flute, viola, and harp.
I am to the North (trio)
I hope I hear it soon.
In the spring of 2007, I attended Quatuor Bozzini’s Composer’s Kitchen. Combination workshop, laboratory, playground and masterclass, Composer’s Kitchen is a unique opportunity to explore writing for the sound of a professional string quartet with the gentle guidance of professional composers.
There exists an intensity in collaboration, where nowhere else you find. (write/rewrite, play/listen, discuss/learn, decide/accept).
Exchange ideas.
We gave them back. Took more. In a short week then we made work. And with grace the quartet played for us. Generous their time, understanding. We search/learn/grow/repeat.
From then,
And now,
I am grateful of the opportunity to once again collaborate with the Quatuor Bozzini. This year their recording À chacun sa miniature is released. It celebrates the quartet’s dedication to, and inspiration for, emerging composers. A celebration made with the notes written by 31 young alumni of the Composer’s Kitchen (2005-2010). Each new piece written, played, recorded here celebrates the quartet’s studio-lab for the next generation. You will hear the results of our exchange, the debate of technical expertise and aesthetic values.
Quatuor Bozzini, Thank you.
Please listen, enjoy, debate.
Hi friends,
Welcome to my blog. I am a composer and pianist from Canada. I am excited to use this platform to share my activities (playing and listening)
Under a blanket of snow the soil waits patiently. This is January 2012. And it is a beginning.
This beginning is a place, and not a trajectory.
Thank you for visiting today.
Sally Norris 