Project 440

  • David Leisner

    Vision of Orpheus, a painting by Santa Fe artist Mark Spencer, provided the initial inspiration for my quintet of the same name for guitar and string quartet. It is a representation ... Jun 15, 2010

    David Leisner
  • Daniel Felsenfeld

    I can’t sleep.  I’ve tried just about everything for years and it still eludes me.  So, in 2003, when pianist Jenny Lin asked me to make her a piece, I decided to try to make music ... Jun 15, 2010

    Daniel Felsenfeld
  • Cornelius Dufallo

    Senescence Music was written in 2008 as part of ETHEL's collaboration with choreographer Annie-B Parson. The term senescence refers to the process of aging in plant leaves. When I w... Jun 15, 2010

    Cornelius Dufallo
  • Corey Dargel

    These two songs come from the larger work Thirteen Near-Death Experiences, an art-pop song cycle about different kinds of psychiatric delusions, with a focus on hypochondria. Everyb... Jun 15, 2010

    Corey Dargel
  • Conrad Tao

    Love is the constant enigma. I aim to search the endless possibilities and risks that love entails. Love, that huge concept, that bombastic idea that countless books and films poun... Jun 15, 2010

    Conrad Tao
  • Christopher Trapani

    Sparrow Episodes unfolds like a musical comic book, a series of consecutive snapshots. Musical material varies wildly from frame to frame, but together the episodes trace a single r... Jun 15, 2010

    Christopher Trapani
  • Caleb Burhans

    The Things Left Unsaid was commissioned by a cello octet called the Tarab Cello Ensemble in the summer of 2006. The piece explores the emotions of both the things left unsaid that ... Jun 15, 2010

    Caleb Burhans
  • Beata Moon

    My second CD of chamber music, Earthshine, was designed to let me experiment with writing for a variety of solo instrumental and mixed ensembles. The good fortune of my collaboratio... Jun 15, 2010

    Beata Moon
  • Anthony Cheung

    One of my favorite places to visit is the Point Lobos State Reserve along the Monterey Coast, some two hours south of San Francisco. Unique to this area are the famous Monterey Cypr... Jun 15, 2010

    Anthony Cheung
  • Ann Millikan

    Ballad Nocturne (2009) was commissioned by Orchestra Filarmonica di Torino for pianist Emanuele Arciuli. It is both a ballad, in the tradition of jazz music, and a nocturne, in the ... Jun 15, 2010

    Ann Millikan