Aside from reeling from the trauma of the most recent election results in the United States, I’ve been delighted to work closely with Duo XAMP (Fanny Vicens and Jean-Etienne Sotty) from Paris on a new work for microtonal accordion duo, that we may time transcend. The piece is very focused, and sounds as though they’ve been playing it for years. It will be premiered tonight, November 9, at 8pm in Paine Hall at Harvard University.
As director of the Harvard Group for New Music, I’ve been very involved in the production of this residency and concert. I’ve sat in on all rehearsals this week and can truly say I am very excited for this program.