Composers' notes:
Questions of Transfiguration (choices for creative orchestra and choir with three conductors) is an attempt to translate the compositional and improvisational strategies I use with my usual mid-sized ensembles (6 to 10 musicians) to a larger scale, seeing if I can offer the musicians in the orchestra the kind of individual agency and artistic choices I give to my smaller groups, without descending into chaos. (But perhaps tempting chaos.) The text for the piece is inspired by the book The World Without Us by Alan Weisman, a meditation on how the planet would change in humans' absence.
credits
released May 9, 2018
Recorded at Roulette, Brooklyn NY on September 24, 2013
Violins: Sarah Bernstein, Julianne Carney, Gwen Laster, Skye Steele, Curtis Stewart, Scott Tixier, Brenda Vincent
Viola: Jessica Pavone, Brian Thompson, Erin Wright
Cello: Chris Hoffman, Marika Hughes, Tomas Ulrich
Bass: Ken Filiano, Carl Testa
Clarinet/sax: Mike McGinnis, Oscar Noriega, Josh Sinton
Oboe/English horn: Libby van Cleve, Katie Scheele
Bassoon: Dana Jessen, Sara Schoenbeck
Flute: Michel Gentile, Yukari
Trumpet: Stephanie Richards, Nate Wooley
French horn: Vincent Chancey, Rachel Drehmann
Trombone: Curtis Hasselbring
Tuba: Jay Rozen
Percussion: Chris Dingman, David Shively
Choir: Roland Burks, Yoon Sun Choi, Tomas Cruz, Kristin Fung, Nick Hallett, Michael Douglas Jones, Kyoko Kitamura, Anne Rhodes, Kamala Sankaram, Peter Stewart
Conductor: Taylor Ho Bynum
Conductor 2: Jason Kao Hwang
Conductor 3: Amy Crawford
Live concert sound recording by Jon Rosenberg and Woramon Jamjod
Mixed by Nick Lloyd
Cover art by Ben Heller
Produced by Taylor Ho Bynum for the Tri-Centric Foundation
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Tomas Fujiwara masterfully composes a perfect platform to appreciate the range of delicacy, power, and swing of Reid and Brennan. A highlight recording for all three. Barry Silver
An absolutely killer spiritual jazz record from South African drummer and composer Tumi Mogorosi that moves hearts & lifts souls. Bandcamp New & Notable Jul 16, 2022
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the artists seem to downplay their achievement as something they just tossed together in the living room during pandemic lock down. Yet, it is a highly original take on the classic drums/sax duo. A huge range of musical ground is covered, and emotional content. A great album in any context, I listen to it often. bob3