Sounds from Silence

Sounds from Silence

How does a new piece of music get created? Join host Sidney Chen for a series of conversations with composers about their sources for inspiration, what lights the creative spark, and how they choose which techniques in their compositional toolbox to use. Through talking with the creators themselves, we unlock the ideas behind the music of they write, and learn how they draw sounds from silence.

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May 10, 2023 37 mins

In this episode of Sounds from Silence, host Sidney Chen talks with Lithuanian-born and New York-based composer Žibuoklė Martinaitytė about her recent choral work Aletheia, which was premiered by the Latvian Radio Choir and will receive its first US performances this month in San Francisco, performed by Volti.

// REFERENCES //

Žibuoklė Martinaitytė's website

Lewis Hyde's A Primer for Forgetting

Mark as Played

In this episode of Sounds from Silence, host Sidney Chen talks with San Francisco-based composer Mark Winges about his new choral work Words Cast Shadows, which will be premiered by the vocal ensemble Volti on May 13 and 14, 2023.

// REFERENCES //

Mark Winges's website

Poet Jane Hirshfield

• Poems: "Sheep", "A Blessing for Wedding", "When Your Life Looks Back"

Volti's website

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Mark as Played

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