Setting of Rubén Darío's text of the same name, translating to Tropical Evening. Winner of 2016 New American Voices Composition Competition.
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Tarde del trópico- Score
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Free improvisation based on Improvisations V. For any instrument and laptop performer. Listen to other pieces in the Improvisations series below:
Improvisations IV: An Appeal to the [SOUND] Masses
Improvisations V: Two-Track Mind
Improvisations VI: Just, Plane, Natural
Improvisations I: MicroTunes
Interested in performing Improvisations 5.2: Two Tracks for Two Minds?
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Performances
April 15th, 2017 [Premiere], THIS IS THE END: Society of Composers, Inc., Andrew Friedrichs (trombone), Dylan Findley (laptop).
April 28th, 2017, Refreshing the Feeling: A Concert of Works by Dylan Findley, Paige Towsey (violin), Dylan Findley (laptop).
The second piece in my Improvisations set, this piece experiments with randomized, manipulated loops of material produced by the improviser. These loops inherently create rhythms, and the improviser performs according to the rhythms. The form is set, making it a unique and identifiable piece. This is part of a larger Improvisations series. See the following links for further examples:
Improvisations IV: An Appeal to the [SOUND] Masses
Improvisations 5.2: Two Tracks for Two Minds (free electronics with laptop performer)
Improvisations VI: Just, Plane, Natural
Improvisations I: MicroTunes
Interested in performing Improvisations V: Two-Track Mind?
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April 9th, 2016 [Premiere], Denney, Findley, Taylor, Dylan Findley (clarinet).
for oboe, clarinet, and chimes
This work was commissioned by clarinetist Julia Lougheed, who premiered the work. It addresses the process of overcoming anger and hate to find feelings of peace, mercy, and forgiveness.
I. Let him first cast a stone (John 8:2-11)
II. I, the Lord will forgive whom I will forgive, but of you it is required to forgive all men (Doctrine and Covenants 64:9-10)
III. And He shall go forth, suffering pains and afflictions and temptations of every kind (Alma 7:11)
IV. Have patience with me, and I will pay thee all (Matthew 18:23-35)
V. But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings (Malachi 4:2)
VI. Though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be white as snow (Isaiah 1:18)
VII. Yea, come unto Christ and be perfected in him (Moroni 10:32)
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Stone in Hand- Score and Parts
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This homage to Julio Cortázar uses humor, drive, and ritual to express the fringe of insanity.
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Rent Score and Parts
A short, flashy clarinet solo commissioned and premiered by Marcus Moore.
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Terelj is a work of three short pieces inspired by Mongolian culture. Camel's Tear mimics the horsehead fiddle, which serves a central role in Mongolian culture. Interestingly enough, it is said that camels shed tears in reaction to the instrument's beautiful sound. Shagai!, meaning ankle bones, evokes the spirit of children playing a marbles-like game played, instead, with sheep ankle bones. Ger, named for the portable Mongolian home, represents the calm and powerful energy of a united family. And, central to their proud nomadic heritage, the piece cherishes the openness of their countryside.
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June 14th, 2015 [Premiere],Visionaries Concert (Imani Winds Chamber Music Festival), Julia Barnett, Zack Borowiec, Ruth Aguirre, Martin Van Klompenberg, Amanda Ray.
This piece explores density, both instrumentally and rhythmically. The piece was written for the Imani Winds Chamber Music Festival and read by the Imani Winds.
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A setting of Miguel de Unamuno's poem of the same name. The poem expresses the moment of a burning of truth in the moment of death.
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A piece that imagines the orchestra being shaken like a large flexatone.
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Read April 13th, 2015 by the Brigham Young University Philharmonic Orchestra.
A free-form piece based off of both Terry Riley's In C and John Zorn's Cobra. Letters indicate repeated musical ideas and numbers specify which pianist performs which idea. The director has complete control over the order of the events, though there are three suggested sections to follow in order to create a departure and return.
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Commissioned by the Barlow Endowment Student Award and based on my BYU Honors Thesis Project.
Written for and premiered by the Brigham Young University Wind Symphony.
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This improvisation is fed through a Pd Extended patch, which processes, modulates, and loops the improvised sounds. The structure is determined by a loop pedal, and the performer is encouraged to familiarize him or herself with this structure to take advantage of its unique qualities. This is the first of a larger Improvisations series. See the following links for further examples:
Improvisations V: Two-Track Mind
Improvisations 5.2: Two Tracks for Two Minds (free electronics with laptop performer)
Improvisations VI: Just, Plane, Natural
Improvisations I: MicroTunes
Interested in performing Improvisations IV: An Appeal to the [SOUND] Masses?
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Performances
March 26th, 2015 [Premiere], Group for New Music: Student Edition at Brigham Young University, Dylan Findley (clarinet).
September 23rd, 2015, Student Composers Inc. at University of Miami, Brian McKee (bassoon).
November 7th, 2015, FEASt Festival at Florida International University, Diana Ramirez (violin).
Four Chicago Perspectives based on scenic views of the Windy City. Artist Tony Parra made awesome visual artwork based on the scenic photography providing another point of view to each movement.
Interested in performing Lakewind?
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Performed by Rachel Miles (flute), Brian Woodbury (trombone), Joseph Woodward (cello), and Alexandra Brown (marimba).
Imagine If... explores my former clarinet professor Jaren Hinckley's teaching style based on Stanislavski's acting method. The perfomer has written prompts within the part that must be weaved together into one story by the performer. But the main difference from Hinckley's method is that the piece calls for actual acting from the performer...
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Andrew Bjarnson performing my comedy piece Imagine If... Performed 3/14/15 at BYU.
Six Sax Pieces contains six movements that explore different aspects of sound and form.
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Performances:
March 14, 2015 [Premiere], To Another Place and Time, Tyler Gardner.
January 15th, 2016, Stone in Hand: A Concert of Works by Dylan Findley, Matthew Taylor (selected movements).
Electroacoustic work featuring mouthpiece noises. Optionally started with several wind instrument performers making noises through their mouthpieces.
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Fisherman Ascends refers to the transfiguration of Peter on the Mount of Transfiguration. "Remit" expresses the cleansing and purging process from sins found in baptism. "Sanctify" expresses the change of heart and character through the receiving of the Gift of the Holy Ghost over a lifetime.
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Read by the New York Piano Trio, November 22, 2014.
This open instrumentation work develops rhythms based on four articulations/attack styles of the performers' choice. It can be performed by at least two performers, and there is no limit on the number of performers.
Interested in performing [Breathe if needed]?
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Performances
February, 21st 2017, Catch and Release: Student Composers, Inc., Diego Matallana (contrabass), Guillermo Ospina (percussion), Dylan Findley (clarinet).
November 20th, 2014 [Premiere], Group for Experimental Music, Stuart Wheeler (voice), Chris Morrison (piano), Brian Lee (percussion), Dylan Findley (clarinet).
"And the priest shall go forth out of the camp; and the priest shall look, and, behold, if the plague of leprosy be healed in the leper; [t]hen shall the priest command to take for him that is to be cleansed two birds alive and clean, and cedar wood, and scarlet, and hyssop[.] And the priest shall command that one of the birds be killed in an earthen vessel over running water[.] As for the living bird, he shall take it, and the cedar wood, and the scarlet, and the hyssop, and shall dip them and the living bird in the blood of the bird that was killed over the running water[.] And he shall sprinkle upon him that is to be cleansed from the leprosy seven times, and shall pronounce him clean, and shall let the living bird loose into the open field." (Leviticus 14:3-7)
"But notwithstanding the law of Moses, they did look forward to the coming of Christ, considering that the law of Moses was a type of his coming, and believing that they must keep those outward performances until the time that he should be revealed unto them." (Alma 25:15)
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