by Corey Rubin | Jan 27, 2018 | Uncategorized
Spaghetti, for oboe, bassoon, viola, bass, and harp, was conceived as an “anti-Pierrot piece”; that is, a quintet mirroring the traditional Pierrot ensemble (flute, clarinet, violin, cello, and piano), but featuring players who don’t typically appear in as much...
by Corey Rubin | Jun 2, 2017 | Uncategorized
My Mother, for SATB chorus, weaves together three texts, each a collage of images and memories surrounding the author’s mother (or, in one case, grandmother). They were written as part of the Traveling Stanzas project, a collaboration between centers of poetry and...
by Corey Rubin | Jan 5, 2017 | Uncategorized
To the Flame, for soprano and chamber orchestra, includes texts from three different sources, united by their use of the moth as a symbol. Ted Kooser’s “Lobocraspis griseifusa” depicts a real-life species of moth that subsists on the tears of sleeping individuals. In...
by Corey Rubin | Jul 10, 2016 | Uncategorized
Swift’s Cantata, for SATB chorus, is a setting of a peculiar text by the 18th-century Irish satirist Jonathan Swift. Noted for his sharp wit, Swift admitted to having no musical talent, but was a fervent lover of music. His “A Cantata” is a humorous send-up of the...
by Corey Rubin | Jun 25, 2016 | Uncategorized
Said a Blade of Grass, for SATB chorus, tells a story about the cycle of seasons and the passing of generations. Khalil Gibran’s text, from his 1918 volume The Madman, depicts a conversation between a blade of grass—earthbound, world-weary, and ready for winter—and a...
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