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river icarus: rusted bridge / deep water (2010 solo cello)

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this project is underwritten by the american composers forum with funds provided by the jerome foundation .

kathy is a fiscal year 2010 recipient of an artist support grant from the arrowhead regional arts council (www.aracouncil.org) which is made possible through an appropriation from the mcknight foundation. the funds from this grant were used to purchase the equipment used to record, mix, and master this work

listen to individual tracks ...

track » night crow no time

track » washington avenue bridge

track » blue iron

track » graffiti angel

track » ghost wind 1

track » s/he

track » river talking sky

track » dream song

track » ghost wind 2

track » icarus

track » flight

track » i was sky / i was water

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notes ....

The narrative arc centers around a transgendered young person's experience in the urban / river landscape around the Washington Avenue Bridge in Minneapolis. It is about a brush with death. I wanted to express the disintegration/disorientation felt by a tender-hearted, raptured icarus and the fragility of flight.

In creating this soundscape I used both chance and mindful intention, an expansive textural palette (using strings, bow, wood and echo) and the tonal "infinite between" of a fretless instrument. I employed an "alone/together" type polyphony intertwining sound beings that also stand alone. Each track is described below.

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