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Dear Frances

AR Arias: Sojourner Truth is a multimedia, one woman song cycle reflecting on pivotal moments within the life of itinerant preacher and activist Sojourner Truth. Dear Frances is one of the 7 arias within the song cycle. It serves as a fitting intro to the overall story being told.

Drawing from the research of Nell Irvin Painter, primary source materials from public archives as well as the Narrative of Sojourner Truth, 7 arias within the song cycle are performed sharing Sojourner’s imagined perspective. Through each aria, we hear a more nuanced story about the woman – born Isabella Baumfree – who expanded into the multifaceted individual that she was.

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For Annie

An original song called “For Annie” which appeared in the original rock opera The Long Goodbye which debuted in 2022 in Memphis, TN. Within the song, the narrator grapples with their own inability to reconcile or change the progression of events towards Annie’s death.

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Guadalupe

Guadalupe is a song about the Guadalupe River in Texas and about the legend of La Lady De Guadalupe who the river is named after. It is a simple song but musically I wanted as distinctive a sound as Harry Belafonte’s Bananna Boat song.

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Restoring Romeo

Restoring Romeo The script won second place in the William Faulkner Literary Competition: One-Act Play, New Albany, Mississippi, 2022 and is published in "London: Smoke, Blokes and Jokes of Foggy Town", Red Penguin, 2022. There have been Zoom readings in New York, Nashville, West Hollywood, Cocoa Beach (Florida), West Hollywood and Paris (France). Celebrated actor… Read More

Larghissimo in G minor

The composition is written for a chamber orchestra of violins and cellos. The performance is by electronic sound. Photography is credited to Suchoon Mo. Request for sheet music may be sent to: Suchoon Mo - suchoon@aol.com. Credits Suchoon Mo: Music Composition, Photography Larghissimo in G Minor (after Tchaikovsky's Barcarolle) About the Artist Suchoon Mo lives in… Read More

An American in Bucharest

https://apricitymagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Eisenberg_AnAmericanInBucharest.wav Full Score An American in Bucharest About the Artists Los Angeles based composer/arranger/band leader Brian Eisenberg is the recipient of the ASCAP Herb Alpert Young Jazz Composer Award, the Downbeat Magazine Student Music Award, the ASCAP Plus Awards, the John Philip Sousa Award, and the Palomar Council Reflections Award. Brian graduated with distinction and… Read More

Space Between

Space Between is the title-track from Chase's debut album, released in July 2020 on Ears&Eyes Records. The piece was inspired by a conversation between Chase and the Cuban-American pianist David Virelles, who told Chase that his record Antenna was largely inspired by his manipulation of the 'space between' different notes. "Space Between" expands on this idea as it expands and contracts different rhythmic values to… Read More

Falling

Falling is a single from Chase Kuesel's debut album, Space Between. The music video for the song was animated and directed by Ian Kelly. A song in 11/4, it is in many ways an ode to letter writing, with particular attention paid to how that activity can allow two people to grow closer and imagine… Read More

String Quartet no. 6 “Song of the Angel”

Full Score   Description String Quartet no 6: “The Song of the Angel” is written for and dedicated to Esterhazy Quartet in celebration of their fiftieth anniversary season. This quartet is conceived as a single movement work in five sections with a duration of thirteen minutes. Song of The Angel is based on a near… Read More