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SUMMARY:Jenni Brandon’s "Stardust for solo E-flat clarinet" Performed by Natalie Groom
DESCRIPTION:Jenni Brandon’s Stardust for solo E-flat clarinet is performed by Natalie Groom at 7:00 pm ET on Monday April 6\, 2020in a virtual concert Mini Music Series #7 ft. Jenni Brandon as part of the Collington New Music Mini Series. At the concert Jenni speaks about her composition; Natalie conducts a short interview with Jenni; and participates in a Q&A. Submit your questions in advance to Natalie via Instant Message at the Collington Artists in Residence Facebook page or during the concert at the Facebook Live at the event link: Mini Music Series #7 ft. Jenni Brandon \nDr. Natalie Groom earned her D.M.A.  at the University of Maryland\, M.B.A. and M.M. at the University of Arizona\, and B.M. at Kent State University where she studied with Robert DiLutis\, Jerry Kirkbride\, Dennis Nygren\, Amitai Vardi\, Jackie Glazier\, and Joseph Minocchi. \nStardust for solo E-flat Clarinet\, commissioned by clarinetist Elizabeth Crawford in 2014\, explores the lyrical and jazzy abilities of this instrument\, turning to popular songs of the 20’s and 30’s as inspiration. Jenni grew up playing and singing much of this repertoire at the piano\, learning a lot about writing melody from this incredible era of songwriting. Each movement of this work plays with these popular themes\, sometimes using an interval\, a few notes\, or a line from within the work as inspiration\, allowing the E-Flat clarinet to shine by playing with range\, color\, and extended techniques. I also liked the idea of linking pieces together that spoke of stars and the moon – a popular theme of this era! \nA Love of My Own – Inspired by “Blue Moon” by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart\, 1934. The title comes from a line within the work\, and the melodic material comes from the opening “Blue Moon\, you saw me standing alone…” \nInto the Blue Sky – inspired by “Blue Skies” by Irving Berlin\, 1926. The smooth\, flowing line in this movement comes from the opening melodic line of the song “Blue skies\, smiling at me.” The movement flies higher and higher “into the blue sky” until we fly too close to the sun (like Icarus) and fall from great heights. \nA Paper Moon – Inspired by “It’s Only a Paper Moon” by Harold Arlen\, The opening of Arlen’s song begins with an octave leap\, and this becomes a prominent motive throughout.  The timbral trills create a shimmering light of the moon\, and listen for direct snippets of Arlen’s song\, from the descending lines\, to the swing section in the middle of the piece. \nA Stardust Melody – Inspired by Hoagy Carmichael’s song Stardust\, 1927\, with lyrics added in 1929 by Mitchell Parish. Carmichael wrote this song while a student at Indiana University in Bloomington. The clarinet work explores the melodic line “Love is now the stardust of yesterday” in the opening\, and mixes in swing-style rhythms as a homage to the works of this era. \nIt was an honor to write this piece for Elizabeth Crawford. She premiered the work during the Clarimania Festival in Wrocław\, Poland in April 2015. \nStardust for solo E-flat clarinet now appears on the CD INSTANT WINNERS – Albany Records\, recorded by Elizabeth Crawford.
URL:https://jennibrandon.com/event/jenni-brandons-stardust-for-solo-e-flat-clarinet-performed-by-natalie-groom/
LOCATION:Collington Retirement Community\, 10450 Lottsford Rd\, Bowie\, MD\, 20721\, United States
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SUMMARY:Jenni Brandon’s “Goldfish Songs” Performed by Jenni Olsen at Her Virtual Flute Friday
DESCRIPTION:Jenni Brandon’s “Goldfish Songs” performed by Jenni Olsen at her virtual Flute Friday on her Facebook page. This week’s Facebook live concert\, is at 6:00pm\, Friday\, 17\, April 2020\, featuring “Goldfish Songs” by Jenni Brandon. Jenni Brandon will be there via zoom to talk about her piece and answer any questions about “Goldfish Songs”. Donations are not required or expected\, but if you want to donate you can Venmo jenniflute. \nJenni Olsen is an active recording\, orchestral and chamber music performer in the Los Angeles area. As a recording artist\, Jenni can be heard on over 100 TV and film soundtracks including the recent films\, Star Wars: The Force Awakens\, Wreck it Ralph 2\, Smallfoot and The Greatest Showman. As a studio musician\, she has recorded with distinguished artists such as Barbra Streisand\, Kelly Clarkson\, Michael Buble\, Neil Young and Idina Menzel. As a soloist\, Jenni has recorded six solo albums\, one of which\, The Dreams of Birds\, is on the Delos label and is distributed by Naxos. This album is a collection of premiere recordings by a prestigious group of composers. \nThe program for Friday April 17\, 2020 \nSuite for Flute and Piano by Claude Bolling \nBaroque and Blue \nIrlandaise \nSonata in Eb Major by J.S. Bach \nAllegro moderato \nSiciliano \nAllegro \nAdieu to the Piano By L. van Beethoven \nGoldfish Songs by Jenni Brandon \nPearlscale \nCelestial \nRyukin \nLionhead \nSuite for Flute and Piano by Claude Bolling \nVeloce \nGoldfish Songs was written at the request of flutist Danielle Hundley\, a member of the Cincinnati new music ensemble Conundrum.  She has always loved fancy goldfish (and in fact movement three is named after her Ryukin goldfish Bela) and imagined a work for flute about some of these beautiful fish. We collaborated on this project to create four short\, descriptive movements about a select variety of fancy goldfish\, choosing these particular goldfish because of their unique attributes. \nPearlscale: A flash in the sunlight\nThe Pearlscale Goldfish is a variety characterized by pearl‐like nodules on the surface of its scales. As he swims\, his scales pick up reflections of sunlight\, creating a creature that shines and shimmers like a jewel under the water. \nCelestial: Looking heavenward…\nThe Celestial Goldfish has a very unique feature—its eyes are positioned atop its head.  This gives this goldfish the look of praying\, or looking towards the heavens.  This prayer-like quality is reflected in the ghostly harmonics played by the flute in this movement. \nRyukin: “Bela”*\nThe Ryukin is an extremely agile goldfish variety. Its stout belly and well‐formed fins make it an excellent swimmer\, and this movement is fast and furious like these little swimmers. \nLionhead: The Gentle Giant\nThe Lionhead is known as the “puppy‐dog” of goldfish; this slow moving giant is infamous for becoming tame enough to eat out of your hand.  In this movement for alto flute the Lionhead swims gently through the water\, singing a peaceful song. \nJenni Brandon is an award-winning composer\, conductor\, and mezzo-soprano who enjoys engaging with performers and audiences\, often giving talks about the business of music and the art of collaboration.
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