Monthly Archives: June 2015

Intriguing Tunes, Vol. 1 125

This entry was posted in Intriguing Tunes on June 29, 2015 by alexmarthaler

I spend a lot of time searching for and listening to music, and I wanted to find a way to share the ones that I’ve found particularly interesting. I’m going to post once a month about the three or four tunes that I’m listening to on repeat. Here’s the inaugural batch of […]

About “Playground Songs”

This entry was posted in "About" a Piece Collaborations Projects and tagged Song Cycle on June 22, 2015 by alexmarthaler

Playground Songs has been in creation for over a year, and has been one of the longest projects (from conception to performance) that I’ve ever worked on. It began in early 2014, and was finally premiered in May 2015. Playground Songs I. My Monday Guy II. Brown-Bag Lunch III. A Friend IV. […]

“(Un)organized Lightning” – Score Video

This entry was posted in Score Video on June 15, 2015 by alexmarthaler

I wrote this piece last September, (Un)organized Lightning. In fact, it was written pretty quickly, in about a month. Here’s the score with audio from a reading session with the Carnegie Mellon University Contemporary Ensemble (Daniel Curtis, cond.) last October. Enjoy!

John Luther Adams and Arvo Pärt: Music and Mysticism

This entry was posted in Article and tagged Arvo Part Become Ocean John Luther Adams Minimalism on June 8, 2015 by alexmarthaler

Music can also be a form of contemplation: the sensual reaching for the spiritual. –John Luther Adams, “Winter Music,” 140 Earlier this year, I was researching Arvo Pärt, the contemporary Estonian composer (often considered a holy minimalist, and known for his “tintinnabular music” including Tabula Rasa and Fratres), and […]

“Imprints & Abstractions, V. Filaments” – Score Video

This entry was posted in Score Video on June 1, 2015 by alexmarthaler

This is an older piece (written late 2013) that I still enjoy performing, most recently at the PMTA Conference and the CMU Composer’s Concert last fall. It’s a lot of fun to play, and I recently arranged this movement for wind ensemble, look for that soon!