Tufts Composers presented their second concert of music by Tufts faculty and student composers on Friday, November 13, 2020 at noon

The concert, focusing on “spontaneous Sounds that necessitate response,” was streamed live from Distler Hall through Tufts Music YouTube channel.

Featuring John McDonald, piano; Julia Moss, viola; Katianna Nardone, violin;
Nate Shaffer, piano; Stephany Svorinić, voice and electronics.

Watch New@Noon 2: Can’t Help It.

Program

Caleb Martin-Rosenthal: Courses (2020)

Leia Levi: Monsoon (2020)
Bird Sounds—Close—Song—Monsoon

Stephany Svorinić: Justine Takes a Walk (2020)
A Hawk Assails a Squirrel at a Nearby Cemetery While Justine is on a Walk

Her reflection:
I am the squirrel.
If nature comes for me, then I can’t run.
I am the hawk.
If I am sent to do it, then it’s done.
I’m taken and sent.
What’s over has begun.
I’m the squirrel and the hawk.
I’m one.
[Justine Buckley]

C. Martin-Rosenthal: Blue Light (2020)

Joseph Rondeau: Swerve (Another Accident; Piano Poem No. 9 from Ten Piano Poems) (2020)

Katianna Nardone: Springtime in November (2020)

Max Luo: Largo And Waltz, Op. 15 (2020)

Nate Shaffer: Two or Three moments for piano (2020)
These short(er) pieces were written with an imagined piano, then revised in the midst of a real one.

N. Shaffer: Trace (2020)
Sometimes, they leave a big trace: an outline of – you

Brought to you by Peter Atkinson, Granoff Music Center Studio Manager, and the Musical Events Technical Staff. Publicity and Programs by Anna Griffis, Event Direction by Jeffrey Rawitsch, Granoff Music Center Manager