Eric Huang, Bachelor of Music (College of Creative Studies) First Prize, Work for Large Ensemble The Odyssey Suite
“The Odyssey Suite was inspired by the brilliant and evocative orchestration of Holst’s The Planets and by the colorful imagery in Greek mythology. Each movement portrays different events that happen on Odysseus’s journey homeward. While each of the five (ultimately fourteen) movements can stand as separate works, taken together, the suite aims to bring the listener along to experience the journey with Odysseus.” Listen here and find the complete program notes here.
Kailee Lencioni, Bachelor of Music (College of Creative Studies)
First Prize, Work for Chamber Ensemble Flickering Innocence for piano quartet “In writing this piece I sought fluidity––the transmutation of tension into light, and pulses of dysphoria into a kind of bittersweet beauty. As I composed the shifting, blending melancholy of this piece, I envisioned many veiled menaces, dancing on the periphery of childhood memories. These are perils unseen, shadowed by a sense of disquiet which swells, ebbing and flowing softly, then growing swiftly to bursting point. Floating down in a gentle confetti-debris, there is a calmness. There is an echo.”
Winter Student Recital Series Photo: JShoots
Kelly Guerra, Mezzo-soprano Doctoral Voice candidate Kelly Guerra (mezzo-soprano) presented a virtual lecture recital, titled “Sagrados son los que vienen a ver a sus muertos (Blessed are those who come to see their dead): An exploration of Gabriela Lena Frank’s Conquest Requiem,” on January 23 as a YouTube Premiere via the Department of Music’s YouTube channel. The program included performances of “Carnaval de Tambobamba” from Frank’s Cuatro Canciones Andinas, as well as “Introit: Cuicatl de Malinche” and “Rex Tremendae: Aullido de Malinche” from Frank’s Conquest Requiem, all performed by Guerra and pianist Eric Sedgwick. Guerra is a student of UC Santa Barbara Associate Professor Dr. Isabel Bayrakdarian. Watch the video here.
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