Original composition premiered in 2021 performance by Keyed Kontraptions. A character theme, orchestrated for Woodwind Trio.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1iEUOvPC2eI
This original composition score employs the modes #Ionian, #Aeolian, #Locrian, plus #Pantonal 12-tone melody and harmony. This composition is inspired by NASA's Perseverance Rover landing on Mars. A character theme, also called a Leitmotif, uses motivic development presented within various harmonizations to illustrate a character in various scene contexts.
The three wind instruments, Soprano Saxophone in B Flat, Clarinet in B Flat, and Bassoon, are played as a trio in classical, chamber style.
The poem which accompanies the music:
The sunset sighs, beautifully exhaling, extinguished.
A wind gusts into warning, red dust swirling from exposure.
Ice crystalizes into jagged shards, day wrenched into sharp closure.
Atmosphere rejected, sent into a silence, movement solidified, a blackness, a vacuum.
Gray beams of light rise with the profile of ghost-like moons into a new night on Mars.
Sheet music and performance part scores available by request. http://www.superblonde.org
Keyed Kontraptions is a woodwind trio started in 2016 . The members of Keyed Kontraptions advocate for contemporary music through commissioning projects, and working directly with composers to expand their repertoire. Saxophonist, Michael Hernandez is a founding member of the acclaimed Mana Quartet and has collaborated with many well known Bay Area organizations including Empyrean Ensemble, Left Coast Chamber Ensemble, New Century Chamber Orchestra, Santa Cruz Symphony, and others. Clarinetist, Jon Szin is an active teacher, chamber musician, and co- founder/co-director of the SF-based wind octet, Nomad Session. Bassoonist, Kris King is a founding member of Keyed Kontraptions, a member of the chamber groups Nomad Session and Elevate Ensemble and regularly performs as a freelance musician with several orchestras throughout California.