Murmuring Light
2019
INSTRUMENTATION
2222-4331-3perc-hp-pno- str
DURATION
6'
NOTES
Carl Kanter Award for Excellence in Orchestral Composition, Manhattan School of Music
SCORE
PROGRAMME NOTE:
In Studio Drift’s interactive light installation Flylight, many delicate glass tubes light up in unpredictable swarm-like patterns. These patterns are based on the flock behavior of birds, and are responsive to the viewer’s movement. While birds can symbolize individual freedom, in a murmuration they find safety in numbers, sensing each other’s direction and moving collectively. In Murmuring Light, I explore this delicate balance between the individual and the group. Through various musical parameters, the distinction between ‘individual’ and ‘group' is heightened and blurred, in a continuous shift of light.
Murmuring Light won Manhattan School of Music's Carl Kanter Award for Excellence in Orchestral Composition in May 2019. Its New Zealand premiere will be given by Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra and Music Director Giordano Bellincampi at 'Conflict and Triumph' on November 14th 2019.
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PERFORMANCES:
Nov 6-7, 2026
Queensland Symphony Orchestra, conductor Giordano Bellincampi (Brisbane, Australia)
April 18, 2026
New Zealand Secondary Schools Symphony Orchestra, conductor Reuben Brown (Christchurch, New Zealand)
Feb 3, 2023
University of Kentucky Symphony Orchestra, conductor Merih Erdem Özden (Lexington KY, USA)
Dec 22, 2022
Central London Orchestra, conductor Chris Clark (London, United Kingdom)
Nov 5, 2022
Camellia Symphony Orchestra, conductor Christian Baldini (Sacramento, CA, USA)
March 4-5, 2022
Toledo Symphony Orchestra, conductor Giordano Bellincampi (Toledo, OH, USA)
Nov 14, 2019
Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra, conductor Giordano Bellincampi (Auckland, New Zealand) NZ Premiere
March 22, 2019
Manhattan School of Music Composers Orchestra, conductor George Manahan at Neidorff-Karpati Hall (New York, NY) World premiere