...i grew up on a farm...
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for Zeitgeist (bass clarinet, piano, percussion, and pre-recorded electronics)
Commissioned by Zeitgeist through Sounding Sound
Resonance I ...i grew up on a farm...
Metallic I ...,where we worked side by side...
Pig Life I ...over the noise and the pain...
Doors and Gates ...on the pathways of my childhood...
Pig Life II ...in the gentle stillnesses...
Metallic II ...where we sang and we played...
Resonance II ...and i will always remember that...
Duration: 40 minutes
Premiere: February 16, 2024
Program Notes
...i grew up on a farm... for Zeitgeist and fixed media, features a collection of field recordings I collected in 2013 from my childhood farm. These recordings represent an environment that no longer exists since my parents retired from hog farming shortly after they were made. As a first-generation college graduate from a rural Wisconsin community, my experiences growing up on a farm set me apart from many of my colleagues. This background is important to understanding who I am as a person and form my earliest sonic memories as a composer. Rural communities have changed dramatically in our nation with sharp contrasts between urban and rural life. As an artist with one foot in urban life and the other in my childhood memories on the farm, I feel torn between two worlds, often feeling like I don't belong in either.