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for i believed in the existence of...

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Instrumentation:
sop. sax, piano/melodica, electric guitar, percussion and electronics

​Commissioned and Premiered by Slipstream, May 25, 2015. 
Matt Blair (piano), Ilan Blanck (guitar), Joe Connor (sax), Dan Reifsteck (percussion)

About:
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This piece was written for a group of very close friends of mine. I imagine this piece as one long thread that grows and transforms over the course of 7 minutes. I was having difficulty coming up with a title, until I was browsing through some of the poetry of Sarah Burgoyne and found a list poem all starting with the “for i believed in the existence of ” in the title. These poems are made up of various translations of Ecclesiastes 7:29. I thought that the poems long form and the juxtaposition of serious and sacred with mundane subject matter fit the aesthetic of my piece perfectly.  
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