In this episode of Sounds from Silence, host Sidney Chen talks with San Francisco-based composer Mark Winges about his new choral work Words Cast Shadows, which will be premiered by the vocal ensemble Volti on May 13 and 14, 2023.
// REFERENCES //
• <a href='http://markwinges.com/'>Mark Winges's website</a>
• <a href='http://poetryfoundation.org/poets/jane-hirshfield'>Poet Jane Hirshfield</a>
• Poems: <a href='https://readalittlepoetry.com/2016/04/02/sheep-by-jane-hirshfield/'>"Sheep"</a>, <a href='https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/53393/a-blessing-for-wedding'>"A Blessing for Wedding"</a>, <a href='https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/1141865-when-your-life-looks-back-when-your-life-looks-back--'>"When Your Life Looks Back"</a>
• <a href='http://voltisf.org'>Volti's website</a>
• Canticles of Rumi: 3. The Waterwheel (used with permission) on <a href='https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&ved=2ahUKEwjLm9Xa6NT-AhU9AjQIHTJeBqEQFnoECAkQAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fopen.spotify.com%2Ftrack%2F4SOls1OcU48dT1qGqK7xrK&usg=AOvVaw3YhOQi42v4X83rTbl8Givz'>Spotify</a>
• Volti's 2017 album This Is What Happened (<a href='https://www.innova.mu/albums/volti/what-happened'>Innova</a>, <a href='https://open.spotify.com/album/6okgXLXFCVInKlfXUFVIHx?si=EjQALgG-T_qcV8OEt6nNIg'>Spotify</a>, <a href='https://a.co/d/9QPpZLE'>Amazon</a>)
• San Francisco Ballet's <a href='http://vimeo.com/510980657'>Colorforms</a> on Vimeo (choreography by Myles Thatcher, music by Steve Reich)
• Premiere performances of Words Cast Shadows by Volti on May 13 & 14 (<a href='http://voltisf.org/coming-up-next/'>tickets</a>)
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How does a new piece of music get created? Join host Sidney Chen for a series of conversations with composers about their sources for inspiration, what lights the creative spark, and how they choose which techniques in their compositional toolbox to use. Through talking with the creators themselves, we unlock the ideas behind the music of they write, and learn how they draw sounds from silence.