Watercolor (2021) by Eleonor Sandresky; graphic design by Orpheus Bureau
LUNAR LANDSCAPES: Cold Moon premieres on December 19, 2021 at 9pm ET. We will celebrate the full moon with special guest composer Phyllis Chen. The livestream will also include music by Philip Glass and Eleonor Sandresky.
Our themed cocktail is a warm Holiday Hug on a cold winter’s night, and you will receive the recipe and snack recommendations when you purchase your $5 ticket, along with a unique link to the event.
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PROGRAM
GLASS “Orphée Bedroom” Final Scene based on the opera Orphée
from the Orphée Suite (2000) arranged for solo piano by Paul Barnes performed by Sandresky
CHEN From High Windows (2021) for organ and hand-cranked music box performed by Parker Kitterman, organ and Phyllis Chen, hand-cranked music box
Tone Grove (2021) for piano and electronics performed by Chen
CHEN/SANDRESKY New Work (2021)*
SANDRESKY Flowing Water Encountering Obstacles (2019) etude for solo piano
from Strange Energies performed by Erika Dohi
*world premier
About Phyllis Chen
Phyllis Chen, photo courtesy of the composer.
Described by The New York Times as “spellbinding” and “delightfully quirky matched with interpretive sensitivity,” Phyllis Chen is a composer and sound artist whose music draws from her tactile exploration of object and sound. The toy piano became her grounds to develop her personal voice,one that defies genre and reflects her third-culture kid experience . She has received commissions from ICE ensemble, A Far Cry Orchestra, Baryshnikov Arts Center, Claire Chase’s Density Project, Opera Cabal, Singapore International Festival for the Arts, Jerome-Roulette Intermedium, Look& Listen Festival, NYSCA, New Music USA, Fromm Foundation (Harvard), Pew Heritage Trust (via Christ Church) and was named one of the 2019 Cage-Cunningham Fellow by ballet dancer Mikhail Baryshnikov.
Current projects include a new sound installation/work using artist Isamu Noguchi's Sounding Stone sculptures and a new collaborative work for toy instruments with Newbery Honor children's author and illustrator, Grace Lin. Phyllis is the founder of the UnCaged Toy Piano and a founding member of ICE ensemble.