The Vinyl Six
Jonathan Newman has posted excerpts from his new chamber piece, The Vinyl Six, for flute, tenor/soprano sax, electric guitar, piano, violin, and 'cello. I'm not even going to TRY to do justice to the intentions of this no-brow piece of chamber lit, so CLICK HERE and read and listen and peruse the score to your heart's content.
I was fortunate enough to have an advanced peek at this piece while Newman was working on it. He would send me sections of the guitar part and I would just double-check the fingerings and chord-voicings. Newm is a far more educated composer and orchestrator than I am, but guitar is so idiomatic that when you write a part for it, it really helps if you know how to play it... or you know someone who does.
I'm really looking forward to performing this piece -- Newm and I have agreed that when the next opportunity arises, he'll play the piano part and I'll play guitar... and we'll find the other 4 players somewhere...!
On the recording from the premiere, you'll hear Kevin Gallagher playing the guitar part -- a masterful musician, and from all accounts, an excellent guy to work with. You can learn more about him if you CLICK HERE, or you can check out his myspace music page if you CLICK HERE. It's worth taking the time to get to know Kevin's playing -- he's doing brilliant work to bring the color palette of electric guitar into the contemporary art music focus.
I was fortunate enough to have an advanced peek at this piece while Newman was working on it. He would send me sections of the guitar part and I would just double-check the fingerings and chord-voicings. Newm is a far more educated composer and orchestrator than I am, but guitar is so idiomatic that when you write a part for it, it really helps if you know how to play it... or you know someone who does.
I'm really looking forward to performing this piece -- Newm and I have agreed that when the next opportunity arises, he'll play the piano part and I'll play guitar... and we'll find the other 4 players somewhere...!
On the recording from the premiere, you'll hear Kevin Gallagher playing the guitar part -- a masterful musician, and from all accounts, an excellent guy to work with. You can learn more about him if you CLICK HERE, or you can check out his myspace music page if you CLICK HERE. It's worth taking the time to get to know Kevin's playing -- he's doing brilliant work to bring the color palette of electric guitar into the contemporary art music focus.
1 Comments:
I can play the saxophone part!! now all you need to find is 3 players!!
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