The Ambition of Ghosts
A New Work for andPlay and Wavefield Ensemble
“The Ambition of Ghosts” is a 20-30 minute double concerto for violin and viola, accompanied by string orchestra and multichannel electronics. This work will be composed by myself, David Bird, in collaboration with the NYC-based violin/viola duo andPlay and Wavefield Ensemble. Whispers convey a variety of cultural expressions and emotional sensations such as intimacy, fear, comfort, shame, and admonishment, recently popularized by the ASMR genre of YouTube videos, celebrating the static-like, or skin-tingling, sensations that whispering creates.“The Ambition of Ghosts” explores the variety of associations that whispering evokes, as well as the ambiguity and misidentification of whispered text, and will utilize a variety of miniature speakers distributed throughout the string orchestra, which will play back multi-track recordings of whispers.
Media Highlights
Ukrainian Contemporary Music Festival: DEFENSE-DEFIANCE-DEDICATION
The DiMenna Center for Classical Music, 450 West 37th Street New York, NY 10018
Plastic Dream Fugue – Aaron Larget-Caplan in Concert
First Church Boston, 66 Marlborough Street, Boston 02116
Ukrainian Contemporary Music Festival: VIRKO BALEY AT 85
The DiMenna Center for Classical Music, 450 West 37th Street New York, NY 10018