Three Places: Live Remote Performance

by Michael Maiorana

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1.	Point Pelee I. December 24, 2011 05:52	info	buy track
2.	Port Crescent I. Minnows 06:19	info	buy track
3.	Port Crescent II. Dunes 05:03	info	buy track
4.	Port Crescent III. Drip Castles 02:35	info	buy track
5.	Old Survivor (Redwood Regional Park) 12:56	info	buy track
6.	Point Pelee II. December 31, 2016 10:01	info	buy track

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Composed by Michael Maiorana, performed by 10th Wave.
www.maioranamusic.com
www.10thwave.org/meet-our-musicians

View the full livestreamed performance here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=f-SLDL3ZXec

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Flute: Karen Baumgartner
Clarinet: Weily Grina-Shay
Percussion: Bjorn Grina-Shay & Eri Isomura
Violin: Ashley Ng
Cello: Patty Ryan
Bass: Jason Wells

I was working on these pieces through this last winter, deep in the pandemic, and thinking about vacations and trips and family and places, because I was really missing all those things, and decided to write some music based on places where my family spent time together. I’ve got lots of memories and feelings wrapped up in those places, and writing music about them felt like a good way to connect with those places and people during a time where I couldn’t go to those places or see those people.

And it’s all performed live over the internet, with the performers in their own homes performing slightly delayed from everyone else. It's kind of like when you try to sing Happy Birthday on Zoom and things get a little off, but these pieces were written specifically to take advantage of the restrictions and strengths of this internet-connected medium, incorporating the delay into the design of the composition.

Writing music based so physically in a specific place felt like a good way to ground a performance that lacked physicality and lacked a shared space. So we’re all in those places together through the music.

We used Zoom for the video and Cleanfeed for the audio, and livestreamed the performance on YouTube.

Michael Maiorana is a fiscal year 2021 recipient of a Creative Support for Individuals grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board. This activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund. Contact Michael at michael.a.maiorana@gmail.com

Cover image by Zack Baltich
www.zackbaltichmusic.com

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released December 1, 2021

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Michael Maiorana Minneapolis, Minnesota

Michael Maiorana is a composer living in Minneapolis. After graduating from Grinnell College, he studied composition and counterpoint at the European American Musical Alliance in Paris. Recent projects include a choral setting of a speech by WPA director Harry Hopkins, a set of wind quintet pieces inspired by paintings of trees, and a set of short pieces for bass guitar, loop pedal, and video. ... more

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