The first Tufts Composers PractiCast for Fall 2020 was streamed live from Distler Hall (Granoff Music Center) on Thursday, 3:15-3:50 pm PMA on September 10, 2020.

A production of Music 119: Composition, this concert featured Raptae (2017/2020) by Jacquelyn Hazle, performed by John McDonald on piano.

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Raptae (2017/2020),  Jacquelyn Hazle

I. Heat of the Moment
II. Check-out
III. Fight, Flight
IV. Silence Scream
V. Déjà vu

Raptae is a multi-movement work originally written in 2017 and revised in 2020. It is a programmatic piece whose narrative is represented by the recurring use of B-natural and covertly followed through the five movements that make up a series of experiences. These experiences are responses to an event: the recurring B-natural. [J.H.]