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diff --git a/album/junior-recital.yaml b/album/junior-recital.yaml new file mode 100644 index 00000000..4d28e2e8 --- /dev/null +++ b/album/junior-recital.yaml @@ -0,0 +1,54 @@ +Album: Junior Recital +Artists: +- James Dever +Date: June 6, 2016 12:00:00 +Date Added: December 17, 2023 +URLs: +- https://soundcloud.com/jamesdevermusic/sets/junior-recital +Color: '#D6DD97' +Groups: +- James Dever +- Beyond +--- +Track: Raucousy +Duration: '4:09' +URLs: +- https://soundcloud.com/jamesdevermusic/raucousy +Contributors: +- Mario Alvarado (percussion) +- Joe Darpino (percussion) +- Cara Givan (percussion) +- Tyler Vandermeer (percussion) +Commentary: |- + <i>James Dever:</i> + Raucousy was written in 2014 and premiered at the University of Northern Colorado in April of 2015 by the Majority Percussion quartet: Mario Alvarado, Joe Darpino, Cara Givan, and Tyler Vandermeer. + + Born from a very common phrase from our dear professor, Gray Barrier (who himself learned it from Cloyd Duff), Raucousy is about bringing the edge out with percussion, which wasn't much of a challenge. The challenge comes from adapting from various different styles. + + The piece moves through three distinct phases, each inspired by a different part of percussion music. The beginning is influenced by traditional afro-cuban music and various different claves. Following that is a section loosely based on taiko drumming. The final section is inspired by the solo repertoire of percussion and features a soloistic marimba line while the remaining performers accompany akin to Minoru Miki's Marimba Spiritual. + + Each performer is also an embodiment of the world of percussion. One performer for different realms of the medium: an orchestral player, a traditional player, a wind ensemble/band player, and a soloistic player. +--- +Track: Reisher Fanfare +Duration: '7:32' +URLs: +- https://soundcloud.com/jamesdevermusic/reisher-fanfare +Commentary: |- + <i>James Dever:</i> + The Reisher Fanfare was composed in late 2014 and early 2015. It was premiered at the University of Northern Colorado in April of 2015. + + Written as a thank you for the generous three years of funding I received through the Reisher Scholarship at UNC, the Reisher Fanfare came to be after the passing of Roger Reisher in 2014. + + The piece is scored for double sextet: A woodwind sextet of two flutes, two clarinets, an oboe, and a bassoon; and a brass sextet of two trumpets, two horns, a trombone, and a bass trombone. +--- +Track: Intimate Strangers +Duration: '11:14' +URLs: +- https://soundcloud.com/jamesdevermusic/intimate-strangers +Commentary: |- + <i>James Dever:</i> + Intimate Strangers was written in the Spring of 2014 and premiered in May of 2014, performed by James Dever. + + The piece is written for a large multi-percussion set up featuring a vibraphone facing away from the performer, scratched tambourine, a wine bottle, bass drum edges, and various other standard percussion instruments. + + Intimate Strangers is about the struggles of abuse and mental illness and the cognitive dissonance of someone very close being, at the same time, very distant and disconnected. \ No newline at end of file |