Whisper and Howl

Season: 2015

Album Release Date: 2015

Dan Marschak Profile Photo

Coalesce (2015)

For Mixed Ensemble.

Dan Marschak

Aqua Corelli – liqua​.​largo, 地下水​.​vivam (2015)

For mixed ensemble

Nick DePinna

Aqua Corelli – 淹​.​grave, diurnal​.​legare (2015)

For mixed ensemble

Nick DePinna

With Bare Feet (2015)

For mixed ensemble

Hitomi Oba

Your Persuasive Manner (2015)

For solo double bass/voice

Noah Meites

L.A. Signal Lab’s debut program, “Whisper & Howl” showcases the unique voices of its founding composers through four newly commissioned works. Dan Marschak’s lushly orchestrated Coalesce and Hitomi Oba’s dynamic With Bare Feet both explore the borderline between notation and improvisation in a chamber music setting, while Nick DePinna’s Aqua Corelli re-imagines a sonata by Arcangelo Corelli as an underwater suite for electronics, piano, strings, saxophone, and jazz harmonica. Noah Meites’s People Find it Difficult to Resist Your Persuasive Manner, a solo piece for bassist/soprano Maggie Hasspacher, sets a text by award-winning Los Angeles poet Jeremy Schmidt based on 10 years worth of fortune cookies.  “Whisper and Howl” was made possible by a grant from New Music USA.