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Tag: 15 minutes of fame

Real Me for alto flute and marimba (2011)

Posted on July 31, 2012August 9, 2012 by Jay Batzner

I started off writing a different piece. I was trying to write a quirky and fast polyrhythmic thing for solo marimba. It was terrible; it didn’t sound like me. I started again found this piece hiding inside. It is the right piece; it is the real me. Composed for Laura Jordan and Sarah Carrier’s “Fifteen Minutes…

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No. for violin and cello (2011)

Posted on July 31, 2012August 1, 2012 by Jay Batzner

This short duet was composed for the “Fifteen Minutes of Fame” opportunity that Zentripetal offered in February of 2011. When I began writing this piece, it was something different. As I was putting the finishing touches on that earlier version of the score, a “what if I…” hit me out of the blue. I cut…

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Comfortable Silences for clarinet (2011)

Posted on July 31, 2012August 1, 2012 by Jay Batzner

Usually when I write a long and slow melody I fixate on the interval of a whole step. This one fixates on a third. I think I might be growing as an artist. Composed for William Bruce Curlette’s “Fifteen Minutes of Fame” Download the score: Comfortable Silences

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.000001% for harp (2011)

Posted on July 31, 2012August 1, 2012 by Jay Batzner

I composed this piece for the Fifteen Minutes of Fame written for harpist Alyssa Reit. I became obsessed with the musical content years ago but have yet to find a satisfactory home for it. I could listen to it forever and decided to carve off a chunk for this opportunity. Download the score: .000001%

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Twitch for violin (2011)

Posted on July 31, 2012August 1, 2012 by Jay Batzner

I composed this piece for Conway Kuo’s “Fifteen Minutes of Fame.” The idea was simple, just a high-pitched jittery idea that doesn’t go away. A rich melody wants to emerge but doesn’t get far. Download the score: Twitch

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Number Station for guitar (2011)

Posted on July 31, 2012August 10, 2022 by Jay Batzner

Number stations are mysterious transmissions over short-wave radio frequencies. A typical transmission emerges from static, may include a recording of a folk tune, and then someone speaks a string of numbers. I’ve been listening to recordings of these a lot recently… composed for Kenji Haba’s “Fifteen Minutes of Fame” Download the score: Number Station

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