Syriac Fugato 2

Syriac Fugato 2 (2022) – 5′

For Two Violas*
*Version for two violins, or for violin and viola also available 

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Awards, Performances

  • Winner, Pennsylvania State University – 2024 International Call for Scores
  • Winner, Earplay – 2023 Annual Vibrant Shores Composition Prize (Syriac Fugato 2,  Violin and Viola Version)
  • Selected work, American Viola Society – 2024 Recording Project Album (Syriac Fugato 2, Viola Duo Version)

Premiered by Natalie Clarke and Dominick Douglas at Bowdoin College Museum of Art, Brunswick ME, July 30 2022

Other Selected Performances: 

  • Performance by Zephyr Wills and Carla Mendoza—Pennsylvania State University—Living Music Festival, Recital Hall, State College, PA, March 13 2024
  • Performance by Earplay (Violin and Viola version), Old First Church San Francisco, CA, May 20 2024
  • Performance by Tallā Rouge Duo—Dumbarton Oaks—Washington, DC, May 3 2024
  • Performance at by Shaleah Feinstein (Violin) and Noémie Chemali (Viola) (Violin and Viola Version) at The Church of the Transfiguration (AKA: The Little Church Around the Corner), New York, NY, March 13 2024
  • Performance (Violin and Viola Version) by Ensemble Phoenicia: Charlotte Loukola (Violin) and Noémie Chemali, (Viola), Elebash Recital Hall, CUNY Graduate Center, New York, NY October 2 2023
  • Recorded by Joseph Skerik and Brian Isaacs, at Harkness Hall, Yale University, New Haven, CT, December 17 2022
  • Performed by Natalie Clarke and Dominick Douglas at Studzinski Recital Hall, Bowdoin International Music Festival, Brunswick, ME, July 31 2022

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Performance Notes

Syriac Fugato 2 is a derivative work of Syriac Fugato 1. This series draws inspiration from Eugene O’Brien‘s Black Fugatos. What captures my imagination in O’Brien’s work is the seemingly independent time-layers of the various instruments in the ensemble – this sort of beautiful, organized chaos fascinates me. In Syriac Fugato, I employ a totally different technique to that of O’Brien’s controlled aleatory to achieve a comparable effect, all while crafting the work in my own aesthetic.

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