My main project at the Civitella Ranieri residency was a commission from the state of Iceland celebrating the country’s 100 years as a free and sovereign state. The piece was premiered by Siggi String Quartet on the Icelandic National Day. The...
During my stay at Civitella Ranieri in May/June 2018, I made inroads into a new work for violin and piano. Provisionally titled White Lines, this work (still in progress) will draw on musical material from a 1983 rap song of the same name by Melle Mel (a song that...
During my six weeks at Civitella, I read and wrote obsessively. I assembled my second poetry collection and created what would normally be at least six months’ worth of new work. I was able to maintain my aerial acrobatics practice, training at a theater in Umbertide,...
