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Performance by Peter Taurian, Kye Milne from the CD Selected Works by AMC Represented Artists, vol. 81 |
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CD
Selected Works by AMC Represented Artists, vol. 81 / Works by Nicholas Vines.
Library shelf no. CD 2842 [Available for loan]
Score & Part
DubStop UnderDrive : for tenor trombone and pipe organ / Nicholas Vines.
Library shelf no. 788.93/VIN 2 [Available for loan]
Work Overview
When asked to write a piece for trombone, organ and teenage boys, I was immediately struck by how distant the cultural resonances of the two instruments are from today's typical adolescent experience. Young people, religious or otherwise, rarely come across traditional liturgy featuring a pipe organ, while the trombone is likely associated with 'adult' idioms involving some kind of jazz fusion. And of course, they are both acoustic oddities in a world of teen-orientated digital sound.
On the other hand, the musical preferences of well-off adolescent males - as much as that can be generalised - don't exactly stem from their own reality either. Neither the ghetto fantasy of contemporary hip-hop nor the ecstatic nihilism of London-club dubstep really reflect the reliable comforts of home and school. At best, they speak to the hormonally fuelled aspirations of biology, which are almost always redirected with age into more socially acceptable ambitions.
Work Details
Year: 2017
Instrumentation: Tenor trombone, pipe organ.
Duration: 5 min.
Difficulty: Medium — Advanced secondary/ undergraduate level; suitable for HSC performance
Dedication note: Dedicated to Kye Milne, Peter Taurian
Commission note: Commissioned by the Bowral Autumn Music Festival
First performance: by Peter Taurian, Kye Milne — 24 Mar 17. St Jude's Bowral, NSW
Performances of this work
24 Mar 17: St Jude's Bowral, NSW. Featuring Peter Taurian, Kye Milne.
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