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Quiet Shadows

Program Notes

The performers' position on stage is the representation of a non-symmetrical togetherness, and not for any acoustical or aesthetic purpose.
Like the soldiers they represent, they are together physically in the same location (the stage), responding to identical environmental stressors and perceptions (the music as written and how they interpret it).
As the four soldiers are restricted from communicating verbally to each other during their watch, in order to remain silent and not compromise their location, so are these four musicians barred from even visual cues.
The resulting piece should mirror the thought processes of four individuals coming together for a common purpose.
And while they experience similar emotions and thoughts, their interpretations of that experience will be unique to them and their frame of reference.
At the same time, they cannot help but to react to the actions of their fellow soldiers/musicians.
Their world is a shared experience, at times producing chaotic effects, but at times, also capable of producing spontaneous patterns of beauty.