christian cruz | composer | guitarist
Two Miniatures
For: Mixed Ensemble
Year: 2021
Time: 2'
Premiere: April 6, 2021
Chris Stoutenborough, clarinet
Susan Rishik, violin
Cheryl Norman-Brick, violin
Jonathan Moerschel, viola
Giovanna Moraga Clayton, cello
David Grossman, bass
Vicky Ray, piano
Wade Culbreath, percussion
Derrick Skye, conductor
Description:
The Two Miniatures were written as part of the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra's Meet the Music program. Meet the Music is geared towards connecting students with young composers, allowing them to collaborate on a mini-composition.
The musical material used for both of the pieces was derived from a simple voting game. Each classroom was given 7-12 colors to choose from, each representing a different pitch. The result was a tally with a specied amount of votes per color. I then placed said colors at random in Google's Song Maker to create the basis for each piece.
A special thanks to the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, Derrick Skye, Taylor Lockwood, and Stephanie Yoon for the opportunity and for guiding me and the other Composer Artist Teaching Fellows through this amazing project.