String Quartet reading/workshop recording with The Rhythm Method www.therhythmmethod.nyc/
I have recently taken an interest in creating literal, proportional, translations of visual art into musical mediums. For Don’t Just Sit There and Pretend Everything’s Fine, I was interested in mathematical and rhythmic proportions found in the linear styles of the High Renaissance, in particular, Raphael’s Ansidei Madonna. Although this piece is not about the painting, I looked back to the church music of the same period as a referential similarity to the visual style. Additionally, I found the time-ridden decay of these near-ancient arts an interesting element in their structures (although these were never intended). To reconcile these ideas, I initially began this piece by writing my own chant-style music using modern set collections then stripped them down to their component parts and pushed them into the background as faded tapestries.
“Scatter My Ashes” exists at a crossroads between multiple styles, but emerges with something rich, textural, ambient, and riveting. Bandcamp New & Notable Aug 7, 2022