Fades (2015)
solo flute
8'
solo flute
8'
Fades is a ghost story. I intended the music to be beautiful yet haunting, and similar in character to a will-o'-the-wisp. For instance, there are smooth, melodic passages, interrupted suddenly by mysterious flute glissandos, and other extended techniques. There is also a mood of decay in the composition. Material is gradually reduced by fragmentation and stagnation. My mother, an accomplished flautist, inspired me to write this piece.
Performances:
-Hannah Porter Occeña, National Sawdust, Brooklyn, NY, May 10th, 2017.
-Hannah Porter Occeña, Bismarck Veterans Memorial Public Library, Bismarck, ND, November 28th, 2015.
-Hannah Porter Occeña, Prairie Baptist Church, Kansas City, MO, October 25th, 2015.
-Hannah Porter Occeña, Waterville Farmer's Market, Waterville, ME, July 29th, 2015.
-Recorded by Hannah Porter Occeña at Lorimer Chapel, Colby College, Waterville, ME, July 27th, 2015.
Performances:
-Hannah Porter Occeña, National Sawdust, Brooklyn, NY, May 10th, 2017.
-Hannah Porter Occeña, Bismarck Veterans Memorial Public Library, Bismarck, ND, November 28th, 2015.
-Hannah Porter Occeña, Prairie Baptist Church, Kansas City, MO, October 25th, 2015.
-Hannah Porter Occeña, Waterville Farmer's Market, Waterville, ME, July 29th, 2015.
-Recorded by Hannah Porter Occeña at Lorimer Chapel, Colby College, Waterville, ME, July 27th, 2015.