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| 1. | Suite No. 1 for Clarinet and Piano | Play | Info | |||
| 2. | Suite No. 2: for Paul, A Master of Music | Play | Info | |||
| 3. | Suite No. 3: L'Chaim | Play | Info | |||
| 4. | Conversation #1 | Play | Info |
Suites No. 1, 2 and 3 comprise Alison's May 2010 master's thesis, Three Suites: A Celebration of Klezmer.
As a composer, my approach is to create spaces that support and highlight musical conversation. Some of the conversations are notated, to be read/interpreted by a performer. Some of the conversations are to be improvised.
Though the development of electronic and electro-acoustic music is extraordinary in so many ways, I am not inclined to incorporate computer technology as a voice in a composition. Call me old-fashioned, but frankly I do not want us to forget the possibilities of acoustic music, particularly its ability to touch the very souls of our beings.
These compositions are not easily described by applying a particular genre description, so for now we call them art music.
