Ad Vitam Aeternam, recorded by Sarah Horick, explores the harmonic and textural possibilities of the same musical material simultaneously being performed at multiple tempos. The piece was conceived as a collaboration in dance with Aline Wachsmuth.
Photograph by Matthew Horick
Catatonic Vision of the Spring-Loaded-Case
Paul Joyner, bass trombone (2008)
Marrian Variations
Loudoun All-County High School String Orchestra (2009)
Last September
Rob Vanlandingham, piano (2005)
Marrian, Age 7
Doreid Laham, vocalist (2004)
Marrian, Age 7 experiments with the voice of Doreid Laham by way of an Arabic folk song. The vocal samples were taken from a scene in an old VHS film depicting a prisoner who hopes to connect with his mother back home as they both look at the moon. Laham's voice is transformed in numerous ways throughout the piece as he is heard asking, "to see the moon", weeping in regret of the past, and singing lines of despair: "I'm frightened; frightened that I'll spend my life behind these walls."
A Part in July
Nic Arenas, horn; Rob Vanlandingham, piano (2007)
The Night Has a Thousand Eyes
Sarah Horick, mezzo-soprano; Richard Zarou, guitar (2007)
