SKU: HL.284555
UPC: 888680912901. 9x12 inches.
Composers note:I never imagined I would write a string quartet. Then I heard the JACK Quartet, and I understood how I might be able to make the medium my own. The result was The Wind in High Places - a twenty-minute work composed entirely on natural harmonics and open strings.Over the next few years, two more quartets followed. The second quartet, untouched, is a further exploration of the aeolian sound world of the first. Then, in Canticles of the Sky, the musicians finally touch the fingerboards of their instruments.And now comes Everything That Rises.This fourth quartet is more expansive, both in time and in space. It grows out of Sila: The Breath of the World - a performance-length choral/orchestral work composed on a rising series of sixteen harmonic clouds.Everything That Rises traverses this same territory, but in a much more melodic way.Each musician is a soloist, playing throughout. They surround the audience. Time floats.Over the course of an hour, the lines spin out - always rising - in acoustically perfect intervals that grow progressively smaller as they spiral upward... until the music dissolves into the soft noise of the bows, sighing.
SKU: PR.312418590
UPC: 680160595785. 8.5 x 11 inches. Text by Chen Yi.
Often called the Ellis Island of the West, Angel Island in San Francisco was used as an immigration station in the first half of the 20th century, processing some one million Asian immigrants. Because of U.S. policy of the time, many spent years on Angel Island awaiting entry. Recently named a National Historical Landmark, Angel Island and its history is the inspiration behind Chen Yi's Angel Island Passages, commissioned by the San Francisco Girls Chorus. Chen explores the experiences of the immigrants, even using poems carved in the walls, to express the mood, the patient yearning, and the ultimate release and embrace of a new country. Angel Island Passages was premiered June 4-5, 2010 by the SFGC and the Cypress String Quartet at the San Francisco Conservatory. For advanced performers. Duration: 15'.Commissioned by San Francisco Girls Chorus (Executive Director Melanie Smith), and premiered by the SFGC and Cypress String Quartet on June 4, 2010, conducted by SFGC’s Artistic Director Susan McMane, at San Francisco Conservatory, CA, the 3-movement song cycle Angel Island Passages is written for children’s chorus and string quartet, with multimedia projection on the walls of the concert hall, produced by visual artist Felicia Lowe. The creative idea of this work was initiated by Dr. McMane, who invited me to write the music, and sent me the book “Island, poetry and history of Chinese Immigrants on Angel Island, 1910-1940â€, by Him Mark Lai, Genny Lim, and Judy Yung for reference in 2009; also inspired by the Angel Island stories, and through cooperation with Felicia, who shared with me her film “Carved in Silence†and video productions “Chinatown†and “Road to Restorationâ€.I named the first movement of my work as “1882â€, which reflected the dark mood under the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882. The collective poems carved on the wooden walls in Angel Island expressed deep emotion in sorrow and anxiety. The music in the second movement “Longing†is sad and sentimental. The third movement is called “We Are Americaâ€, which is ever-moving, energetic and optimistic. The text sung in the beginning in Chinese means “I am an Americanâ€. It’s sung in Cantonese dialect, then in Mandarin. As the music develops, from homophonic to polyphonic with increasing layers, the climax is reached when the text is turned to English “We Are Americaâ€, which symbolizes the flourishing society with the great contribution from thousands of immigrants during the years. The music fades out towards the ending of the work, which pushes the scene to a remote picture, to look forward to the future peace of the world.I am grateful to have the opportunity to work with such inspiring creative artists in this project, and hope the work is meaningful to our new society after the premiere performance.—Chen Yi.
SKU: UT.DM-24
ISBN 9790215304383. 9 x 12 inches.
«Come è possibile conciliare il divertimento con l?apprendimento? Le esigenze degli allievi con quelle degli insegnanti?»In altre parole: «Come si può definire un percorso didattico che sia nello stesso tempo divertente, perché i bambini possano divertirsi a suonare fin dall?inizio; facile, cioè strutturato in modo tale da poter essere usato veramente da tutti, indipendentemente dalle doti musicali naturali o dal tempo disponibile per lo studio; efficace, per superare i classici ostacoli dei principianti (difficoltà di lettura e di comprensione melodico-ritmica dello spartito; difficoltà di collegare ciò che si legge e si conosce all?esecuzione) e per sviluppare quelle prime basi del linguaggio musicale (intonazione, senso ritmico, comprensione armonica, fraseggio), che permetteranno in seguito di affrontare i repertori desiderati?»Queste sono le classiche domande, che molti insegnanti si pongono. La risposta, che nasce dalla mia ventennale esperienza di insegnante di chitarra in scuole di musica comunali e private, è: «Partendo dalla realtà dell?allievo e lasciandosi guidare dalle sue esigenze musicali in continua evoluzione». Coerentemente con questo postulato, ho iniziato un?attenta osservazione dei miei allievi allo scopo di capire ciò di cui avevano bisogno per cominciare a suonare la chitarra e cercando di intuire, decodificare e concretizzare in musica i loro segnali. Il metodo di ricerca e i risultati ottenuti sono descritti dettagliatamente nelle Note per l?insegnante.
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