Sounds from a Shoebox
As the pandemic locked down the city of Toronto, I watched from the tiny artist’s live/work space I call home.
Unaccompanied violin has always been at the heart of my artistic practice; now it was a lifeline.
I found solace in strange and wonderful new pieces - and in old works whose edges have been smoothed by years of attention.
Sounds from a Shoebox is a coda to the lockdown; a florescence of creative cabin fever; a monument to days that might otherwise fade.
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This project was made possible by funding support from the Ontario Arts Council, an agency of the Government of Ontario.
Many thanks to artistic consultant Veronica Frank, and to my patient title-screen cat Pomelo, who hates violin above all else.
Repertoire:
Sounds from a Shoebox, Vol. 1: György Kurtág - "Hommage à J.S.B."
Sounds from a Shoebox, Vol. 2: Serge Arcuri - "Soliloque No. 3"
Sounds from a Shoebox, Vol. 3: György Kurtág - "Hommage à John Cage: Faltering Words"
Sounds from a Shoebox, Vol. 4: Arlan Vriens - "Historically Informed Practices"
Sounds from a Shoebox, Vol. 5: Salvatore Sciarrino, Caprice No. 2
Sounds from a Shoebox, Vol. 6: J.S. Bach, Sarabande from Partita No. 2
