Wild Silk
for Baritone Saxophone, Percussion* and Piano
Andrea Reinkemeyer (Ann Arbor, Michigan - 2009) Commissioned by Jeffrey Heisler for the Primary Colors Trio
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Instrumentation:
Baritone Saxophone, Piano and Percussion: Glockenspiel, 4.3 Marimba, Large Concert Bass Drum, Bongos, 2 Temple Blocks, China & Sizzle Cymbals
Wild Silk for Baritone Saxophone, Percussion and Piano (2009) was commissioned by Jeffrey Heisler for the Primary Colors Trio, who premiered the work during the thirtieth annual Bowling Green State University (Ohio) New Music Festival in Bryan Recital Hall on October 24, 2009.
While composing this work, I found inspiration in the strikingly beautiful and elusive Luna Moth. The form, character, and instrumentation of this piece follows its surprisingly violent life cycle, from: egg to caterpillar, pupa, and adult moth. In the first stage, the caterpillar grows rapidly, passing through five instars by breaking through its own skin five times. It then forms a silken cocoon, within which the pupa wriggles noisily during metamorphosis. Once the adult moth emerges, it must focus on the crazed goal of propagation. Deprived of a mouth, it is only a matter of hours or days until the imago will perish from exhaustion. Without any way to nourish and sustain itself, the adult's sole purpose is to replace its ephemeral generation with a new one just as fleeting – a form of renewal that seems, to me, to mirror the constant self-reinvention that human artists undergo as the world changes around us.
Many thanks to Jeffrey Heisler, Isabelle Huang, I-Chen Yeh, and Brian Amer for their artistic support of this project. In 2011, the International Alliance of Women in Music recognized Wild Silk with an Honorable Mention for the Theodore Front Prize. A forthcoming recording was made possible through a faculty grant and the 2019 Julie Olds and Thomas L. Hellie Faculty Award for Creative Achievement at Linfield University. Duration, ca. 10:00.
Tuesday, January 19, 2010 - 11:00 a.m.
Chamichian Recital Hall Central Michigan University (Mt. Pleasant, Michigan)
Works by: Chambers, Mellits, and Reinkemeyer
Wednesday, January 20, 2010 - 7:30 p.m.
Sherman Van Solkema Recital Hall Department of Music
Grand Valley State University (Allendale, Michigan)
Works by: Carrizo, Chambers, Mellits, and Reinkemeyer
Thursday, January 21, 2010 - 7:30 p.m.
The Chapel Interlochen Academy (Interlochen, Michigan)
Works by: Carrizo, Chambers, Mellits, and Reinkemeyer
Monday, January 25, 2010 - 7:30 p.m.
Faculty Recital: New Music for Saxophone, Percussion and Piano
Schaver Music Recital Hall (Old Main) CFPCA, Department of Music
Wayne State University (Detroit, Michigan)
Works by: Carrizo, Chambers, Mellits, and Reinkemeyer
Free!
Tuesday, January 26, 2010 - 7:30 p.m.
White Auditorium Spring Arbor University (Jackson, Michigan)
Works by: Stulman, Chambers, Mellits, and Reinkemeyer
Friday, January 22, 2016 - 7:30 p.m. - $10-$25
The Old Church (Map)
1422 SW 11th Ave
Portland, OR 97201-3304
(503) 222-2031
$10-$25
About the concert:
In renewing their long commitment to the music of composers living and working among us, fEARnoMUSIC will dedicate their winter concert solely to the works of Oregon composers, as well as the winner from their CALL-FOR-SCORES
fEARnoMUSIC
Sean Fredenburg, baritone saxophone
Michael Roberts, percussion
Monica Ohuchi, piano
Faculty Artist Series: Isabelle Huang Streng, percussion
March 2, 2016 - 8:00 p.m.
Bowling Green State University College of Musical Arts
Bryan Recital Hall More Information
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Primary Colors Trio
Society of Composers, Inc. 2017 National Conference
Friday, March 31, 2017 - 10:00 a.m.
Western Michigan University School of Music
Dalton Center Recital Hall Program
