Ghosts of Cluny
The Benedictine Abbey of Cluny, established in 910 by William I of Aquitaine, was the leading center of monasticism in the Middle Ages and boasted the largest church in Christendom prior to the 16th-century reconstruction of St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome. Today only the bell tower of the church and a fraction of the great abbey remain, having been devastated by plundering during the French Revolution. Otherworldly echoes of the millennium-old ruins resound in Ghosts of Cluny, a piece which evokes both the sacredness and the immense acoustic space of the former monastery.
The work was realized in the IMPACT Center at the University of Missouri-Kansas City, and was named a Finalist in the International Composition Competition “Città di Udine,” ninth edition.
The work was realized in the IMPACT Center at the University of Missouri-Kansas City, and was named a Finalist in the International Composition Competition “Città di Udine,” ninth edition.
Performances
- Foundation for Modern Music — MECA Audatorium, Houston, TX. April 8, 2016
- Sweet Thunder Music Festival — San Francisco, CA. April 25 and 27, 2014
- 1st Electronic Music Festival, Center of Cypriot Composers — Nicosia, Cyprus. June 6, 2013
- MidAmerica Nazarene University — Olathe, KS. November 27, 2012
- Electronic Music Studios Concert — University of Iowa. October 23, 2012
- KcEMA KC Soundwalk — Kansas City Crossroads District. October 5, 2012
- Kansas State University — February 16, 2012
- radioCona Radio Arts Space, “Ultra Disco” — Ljubljana, Slovenia. December 7, 2011
- Undécimo Festival Internacional de Música Electroacústica de Chile, “Ai-Maako” — Valdivia, Chile. October 21, 2011
- Electronic Music Midwest — Kansas City Kansas Community College. September 29, 2011
- Composers Guild Concert — University of Missouri–Kansas City. December 1, 2010
- Sonic Vigil — St. Fin Barre’s Cathedral, Cork, Ireland. Played in listening station from July 17–24, 2010
