September 8, 2014

SHABBY CHIC for chamber ensemble

PROGRAM NOTE
SHABBY CHIC (2001) was partly inspired by the campy home design TV show of the same name. Over the course of this ten-minute work for flute/piccolo, clarinet, percussion, piano, violin, and cello, characteristic elements of modernism and minimalism are freely developed, combined, re-arranged, superimposed, and juxtaposed in an attempt, as the title implies, to dress the other up.

INSTRUMENTATION
flute/piccolo, clarinet, piano, percussion, violin, cello

AWARDS
Regional Winner, 2003 SCI/ASACP Student Commission Competition
Honorable Mention, Left Coast Chamber Ensemble 2002 Composition Contest

PERFORMANCE HISTORY
FSU New Music Ensemble (premiere) | December 3, 2002 | Dohnanyi Recital Hall, Tallahassee, FL |
Thomas Eric McCullough, conductor
FSU Festival of New Music | February 1, 2003 | Thomas Eric McCullough, conductor
FSU New Music Ensemble | April 11, 2003 | Oppeman Music Hall, Tallahassee, FL | Thomas Eric McCullough, conductor
Society for New Music | April 10, 2004 | SCI Region II Conference | SUNY Geneseo, NY
Society for New Music | April 18, 2004 | Everson Museum, Syracuse, NY
Forecast Music | November 6, 2004 | Galapagos Art Space, Brooklyn, NY | Harry Marenstein, conductor