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Duo
2018
Viola
Violin
- Program Notes
- The city of Detroit has a unique & distinct identity that in recent years has been challenged by people who want to “improve” & “rebuild the city” in hopes of creating a “New Detroit “. Within the last 5 years, the city has completely transformed & is rapidly transforming every day. Although change can sometimes be for good, gentrification in the city has displaced thousands of people who have lived in Detroit for generations & is implicitly impacting the cultural identity of the city. Growing up outside of the city most of my life, my relationship with the city is constantly evolving & has recently challenged me to think more deeply about identity. As an artist & human being, I am constantly thinking about my identity & how society, my profession, my colleagues, friends & family challenges my identity & so this piece asks two very important questions while depicting an introspective reflection on this ever-evolving journey of defining your identity while others are also trying to define it for you. This piece was composed for a commission from the Detroit Composers Project in 2018. It has since been performed at the Detroit Institute of Art, the Detroit Symphony Orchestra CUBE, University of Michigan, Michigan State University & GuarneriHall in Chicago, Illinois.
- Recording Notes
- Commissioned by the Detroit Composers' Project Premiered at the Detroit Institute of Arts Rivera Court on September 9, 2018
- Performer Credits
- Yuri Popowycz, violin Jasper Zientek, viola
- Publisher
- Composetheway Publishing
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