by Corey Rubin | Jun 13, 2022 | Uncategorized
Gold on Every Cloud features a poem from Rabindranath Tagore’s Gitanjali, translated into English by the author himself. It is a paean to light—in which light symbolizes a kind of pure, distilled joy. The music features diatonic tone clusters, mimicking the...
by Corey Rubin | Dec 23, 2021 | Uncategorized
Three Hanukkah Songs is available as a complete set; in addition, each of the three movements is available as a stand-alone score. “Sevivon” (“Dreidel”) is a well-known Hanukkah tune with unknown origins. While the song is normally in a jaunty duple meter, my...
by Corey Rubin | Dec 21, 2021 | Uncategorized
See More, for SATB chorus, was written to commemorate a happy event: the Cleveland Chamber Choir’s return to performing live concerts after the pandemic-induced “long night” of 2020–21. Knowing that the theme of the concert would revolve around “giving thanks,” I went...
by Corey Rubin | Dec 20, 2021 | Uncategorized
On the Longing of Early Explorers, for soprano and electronics, is a setting of a poem from Elizabeth Bradfield’s Approaching Ice, a volume which explores the history of polar—particularly Antarctic—exploration. The titular explorers are long-dead historical figures;...
by Corey Rubin | Jul 27, 2020 | Uncategorized
In writing the Concerto for Chorus, I had two primary aims. First: to explore themes of artistic creation and the artist’s legacy. The work’s three movements form a narrative progression that encompasses the artistic process: a classic invocation to the muse (soaked...
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