Chamber — Listen — Michael Small • Composer

JALI

Performed by the Liverpool Oboe Quintet, May 2018

ChamberWavesNovember 19, 2018Oboe Quintet

ANTIPHON

Performed at Bowdoin 2018 by Anite Stroh and Nina Wong.

ChamberWavesSeptember 20, 2018Violin Duo

"THE SKY A SILVER"

In June 2016, Michael was a Composition Fellow at the Copland House’s “CULTIVATE” program mentored by Derek Bermel. While there he worked on a short piece for clarinet, violin, cello and piano called “the sky a silver” - a title from e.e. cummings.

ChamberWavesJune 12, 2016Chamber Ensemble

MEMORY PALACE

The Momenta Quartet performs my Memory Palace at their 2nd Momenta Quartet in New York in 2015. This recording was subsequently featured on WFMT’s Relevant Tones in June 2017.

ChamberWavesOctober 3, 2015String Quartet

I WAS THE SHADOW OF THE WAXWING SLAIN

I was the shadow of the waxwing slain is performed here by Elizabeth Lyon (cello) and Ryan McCullough (piano) at Cornell. Inspired by Nabokov’s novel Pale Fire, I was the shadow of the waxwing slain is a surreal narrative about dreams, flight, and maniacal hallucinations. It has received several performances including one at Aspen in the summer of 2015.

Chamber, ElectronicsWavesSeptember 27, 2014Cello - Piano - Electronics

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