sun-stilled

10’ mins, for ensemble, 2024

“The year is fading. Light is fading. Solstice means sun-stilled. It’s a wild sort of stilling, a thrashing, frenzied sort of stilling, a de-metering, a holding of the breath as the tension builds, as the darkness expands, until it cracks and the light drives in. That’s the hope.”

~Nina MacLaughlin

written for zone expérimentale

performances:

march 27, 2024 at Harvard University’s Paine Hall, Cambridge MA (world premiere)

april 15, 2024 at Hochschule für Musik Basel, Switzerland (europe premiere)