Noir
Flute Choir
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Noir
(2024)
Instrumentation:
10 Flutes
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Duration:
ca 5:00"
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Performer(s):
Christopher Pegram
Jae Habich
Joshua Wright
KiMani Bridges
Muji Lai
Stella Bixler
Mariko Findell (cond.)
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*written as part of FM
Noir (2024) is a companion work to the first piece I ever wrote, Gray (2018), composed for
5 flutes. Movement 1, Salvo, is a "rewind" of Gray, using material from the original
piece as a recount of the main story. Movement 3, Ember, is a scene from mvt. 2 of
Gray, "The Preparation". Soldiers are sitting around a campfire, are alerted by a siren,
and ending in a scramble to prepare for battle. Ember is a graphic score. The work in its entirety is full of chromatics, tremolos, extended techniques, and calls for independence from the performers, allowing for a texture that is heavy, flowing, sinister, and dark.