Taming the Ox Full Score Directions Taming the Ox About the Artists Stephen Rush (he/him/they) has enjoyed premieres in five continents and released many publications of his musical compositions. He has written 5 operas, chamber, electronic works, concertos, and symphonies, performed by the Detroit Symphony and Warsaw National Symphonies. He has written two books, including… Read More

Full Score “The Bird Mansion” was the nickname for my apartment in Tiverton, Rhode Island; a pondside dance hall that was cut up and renovated in the 1970’s. It got its name from the alarmingly large amount of birds always singing throughout the surrounding woods. The apartment was a fantastic creative space, and it felt… Read More

https://apricitymagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/20201211_danserye.mp3 Full Score The concept of this piece is heavily influenced by Julius Eastman’s Gay Guerrilla, which famously repurposes a Lutheran chorale as an emblem for gay martyrdom. "Eastman’s performances transformed societal refuse (excrement, homosexuality, drag performance) into something highly valued, ritualized, and sacred. [...] The profane aspects of deviant sexuality are recuperated through a… Read More

https://apricitymagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Corona-Violeta.mp3   Corona Violeta Full Score Corona Violeta About the Artist Molei Zhang is an undergraduate composition student at the University of Texas at Austin. Born in 2000, he was classically trained in piano from a young age and has performed in retirement homes in his suburban Texas hometown, Plano, for over one decade. Zhang… Read More

"Overgrowth" by Sergei Kofman performed at the 2019 Atlantic Music Festival New Music Concert, by the AMF Contemporary Music Ensemble Flute: Leo Sussman Clarinet: Celeste Markey Piano: Kathy Lee Violin: Kimberly Durflinger Cello: Isidora Nojkovic Overgrowth Full Score Program Note There is a garden, full of weeds. They grow wild and uncotrolled, having covered almost… Read More

The Nightmare in the Woods Full Score Commentary The Nightmare in the Woods (for Pierrot ensemble) is the first piece containing wind and string instruments I've composed. This piece was created with a few unorthodox elements including visual aids (courtesy of Connor Trammel) and some theatrical elements to demonstrate a horror themed story about kids.… Read More

Connotation Full Score Description Connotation is the idea associated with a certain word or in this case, a composition. Being such a vague concept, The composition can represent the clash of ideas that Somesh experienced through his numerous months writing the piece.The typical song has one theme to satisfy the audience, but Connotation embraces the… Read More

https://apricitymagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Raghs-Recording.mp3   Raghs Full Score Description Raghs (the Farsi word for dance) is a celebration of Persian dance music and an exploration of my Iranian heritage. Raghs was premiered on May 7, 2019 at the UCLA Spring Undergraduate Composition Concert, Jan Popper Theater, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA. The performers in this recording are: Alice Townsend… Read More