Sung in a Rickshaw

for trumpet__7'__2010

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PROGRAM NOTE

When I was in Chennai, India, studying South Indian carnatic music in 2008, auto-rickshaws fascinated me.

Rickshaws are perfect for days where I'd schedule 3 lessons in the same day and need to reach them on time.

Rickshaws are perfect for concert hopping, on evenings when amazing concerts are presented back to back in different areas of the city.

Although they are quick and rather cheap (that is, if you know how to negotiate!) auto-rickshaws are noisy! But the noise turned out to be a blessing in disguise, as it would allow me to practice for my voice or rhythm lessons, with no one hearing me.

Alone in a rickshaw, with no teachers around, rehearsing melodies or rhythmical patterns would often drift off into free vocal improvisation. This composition, Sung in a Rickshaw, tries to recreate these moments where I would explore a stylistic fusion between these new musical elements and my personal way of understanding, hearing and singing music.

PERFORMANCES

July 17, 2013 SINGAPORE (Singapore) Joel Brennan Trumpet Recital / School of Arts Singapore ASIAN PREMIERE
Joel Brennan (trumpet)

Octobre 20, 2013 MELBOURNE (Australia) New Works for Trumpet and Percussion / Melba Hall, Melbourne Conservatorium of Music AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE
Joel Brennan (trumpet)

August 3, 2010 BANFF (Canada) Reveille Trumpet Collective – New Directions for New Music / Bentley Chamber Music Studio, Banff Centre)
Aaron Hodgson (trumpet)

July 3, 2010 ST-JOHN'S (Canada) Reveille Trumpet Collective at Sound Symposium XV / Petro Canada Hall (MUN School of Music, St-John's TN) WORLD PREMIERE
Aaron Hodgson (trumpet)

REVIEWS

It was a nice "a-ha" moment.
Morgan Murray - Sound Symposium XV Blog: Day Two – Trumpets!, Blogue Sound Symposium (St. John's) - 4 juillet 2010

CREDITS

Commissioned by Aaron Hodgson and the Reveille Trumpet Collective
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