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In this performance spotlight, members of Pathos Trio perform the original composition "Prayer Variations" by Alison Yun-Fei Jiang.
Prayer Variations, by Alison Yun-Fei Jiang
Performed by Pathos Trio
~ Percussionists Marcelina Suchocka & Felix Reyes
~ Pianist/Composer Alan Hankers
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ABOUT THE PIECE:
"Inspired by visits to cathedral spaces, Prayer Variations is a theme and variations based on a simple, prayer-like melody. Over time, the original prayer melody is varied and transformed. Music unfolds into a sonic experience in motion, journeying through an imaginary, sonorous, and vertical spatial entity."
– Alison Yun-Fei Jiang
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ABOUT THE COMPOSER:
Canadian composer Alison Yun-Fei Jiang explores the intersections of genres and cultures by drawing inspirations and influences from an array of sources such as East Asian aesthetics, Chinese opera, Canadian natural landscapes, Buddhism, film music, popular music, and literature, creating musical narratives and experiences in a lyrical, dynamic, and storytelling nature.
Alison is currently a Carrefour Composer-In-Residence with the National Arts Centre Orchestra of Canada (2020-22). She has collaborated with ensembles such as Esprit Orchestra, Toronto Symphony Orchestra, the National Youth Orchestra of Canada, Civic Orchestra of Chicago, JACK Quartet, the Kaleidoscope Chamber Orchestra, Imani Winds, and Molinari Quartet. Her music has been broadcast on CBC Radio 2 and featured in the Royal Conservatory of Music 21C Festival as well as the University of Toronto New Music Festival.
Awards and recognitions come from ASCAP, the SOCAN Foundation, the Graham Sommer Competition for Young
Composers, the American Prize, and International Alliance for Women in Music.
Alison is a current Ph.D. candidate in music composition at the University of Chicago. She holds degrees in music composition from Manhattan School of Music (B.M.) and New York University (M.M.)
More info at:
https://alisonyunfeijiang.com
https://www.instagram.com/alisonyfj/
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ABOUT THE PERFORMERS:
"Elevated themselves into those elite ranks alongside Yarn/Wire, Tigue, Sō Percussion, Iktus and Ensemble Et Al", as described by the New York Music Daily, Pathos Trio (percussionists Marcelina Suchocka, Felix Reyes, and pianist/composer Alan Hankers) is committed to engaging classical/contemporary music, while also aiming to bring adventurous music to audiences through collaborations with young, living new music composers.
Their current project "When Dark Sounds And Classical Music Collide", the ensemble’s first album, comprises a collection of newly commissioned works written by composers Alison Yun-Fei Jiang, Evan Chapman, Alyssa Weinberg, Alan Hankers, and Finola Merivale. This project will be released in Fall 2021 and is graciously supported by New Music USA, Foundation for Contemporary Arts, Artist Relief, and with the help of funds allocated from Chamber Music America, which Pathos Trio was earlier this year announced as an Ensemble Forward grantee.
Pathos Trio is a recipient of a Chamber Music America Ensemble Forward Grant, made possible with generous support from the New York Community Trust.
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