To Soar

To Soar Performance Art for Unlacquered Brass Quintet and the Longhorn Network In the summer of 2013, Lowell Galindo, lead anchor of LHN, was creating a project attempting to display the similarities between athletics and art. He wanted to use athletes and musicians from the University of Texas, and asked Unlacquered Brass Quintet to be involved. Unlacquered asked me to write them music for it. Originally, this was intended to be a 6 minute piece: it then became 12 minutes long, and eventually we were asked to write/perform the music for all 25 minutes. At this point in time, we had about 3 weeks until the recording session. Lowell gave me a 3 minute sample video showing what he was going to do, as well as a set of descriptions of what he was looking for in each segment. I am including these descriptions above each recording. Pole Vaulter (To Soar) - "Tension and release": 2 female pole vaulters. They are petite powerhouses. Fearless and graceful. They sprint with pole in hand and then launch themselves skyward. Lot of energy and tension and then a definite feeling of "release" at the point they literally let go - of both ground and pole. Each segment may be programmed (and purchased) individually.