The Birthday Project: Shadow Play (Part 2)
Saturday, February 1, 2014 at 01:20PM Today I started working on Shadow Play for flute and pan. This is the first piece of purely instrumental music I have worked on since 2011. I had a great composition session and came up with an opening section that plays around with various sound effects to create an ethereal atmosphere (harmonic trills, singing and playing in unison, slow glissandi, flutter tonguing, measured vibrato) while the pan provides support in the forms of drones and imitation of melodic ideas. The title of the first section (The Appearance) is in reference to the Jungian archetype of the Shadow. There will be four sections that make up the work (The Appearance, Encounter, The Merge, and Healing Spirals), each one referencing the Jungian concept of the Shadow. It is my goal to complete one section a week and get feedback from my players. This will allow me to make the appropriate edits before the March 6th deadline.
Wes Stephens
Just spent the day putting the first minute or so of music into Finale (despite Finale 2014's best attempts to thwart me, but that is another matter entirely). Just sent the PDF of the music to Jason and Beaux and eagerly await their input!