Episode Eighteen is a continuation of Music in Motion, a project created by the Relache Organization in partnership with the Atlantic Center for the Arts. Between 1995 and 2001 the Relache Ensemble and four other ensembles, each dedicated to the creation and performance of contemporary music, collaborated with five presenting organizations in five cities throughout the U.S. The intent was to collaborate with composers to create new works while interacting with a potential audience as the work was in development. An overarching goal was to enhance the audience for new musical works while expanding the repertoire of each ensemble. Phase One comprised the first three years. Phase Two comprised the second two years and introduced an interactive computer program named The Virtual Concert. A total of thirty composers participated in the project. One of those was Mary Ellen Childs whose work “Parterre” was written for the Relache Ensemble. It is the featured work on Episode Eighteen. Episode Nineteen of the Relache Chronicles will feature music and commentary by Mark Weber.

Episode Seventeen – Music in Motion & Arturo Marquez

Music in Motion was a project created by the Relache Organization in partnership with the Atlantic Center for the Arts. Between 1995 and 2001 the Relache Ensemble and four other ensembles, each dedicated to the creation and performance of contemporary music, collaborated with five presenting organizations in five cities throughout the U.S. The intent was to collaborate with composers to create new works while interacting with a potential audience as the work was in development. An overarching goal was to enhance the audience for new musical works while expanding the repertoire of each ensemble. Phase One comprised the first three years. Phase Two comprised the second two years and introduced an interactive computer program named The Virtual Concert. A total of thirty composers participated in the project. One of those was Mexican composer, Arturo Marquez. In collaboration with the Relache Ensemble while in residence at Arizona State University West in Phoenix he created a work titled “Octeto Malandro.” Episodes Eighteen and Nineteen will feature other musical works from Music in Motion.

Lois V Vierk is a unique voice in the recent history of music in America. She has composed stunning works for multiples of the same instrument that are technically complex and yield a mesmerizing aural experience. Among these is “Manhattan Cascade” for accordions, composed, recorded and performed widely by Guy Klucevsek, former Relache Ensemble member, composer and pioneering accordionist. (You can hear Guy’s music on Episode Four of The Relache Chronicles.) This episode of The Relache Chronicles features a work Lois composed for the Relache Ensemble in 1992 titled “Timberline.” Lois and members of the Relache Ensemble are in perfect synch with one another. Prior to the recording of “Timberline” is a conversation with Lois, Laurel Wyckoff, Joe Kasinskas and Joseph Franklin to discuss her influences and some of the events that led to her creating “Timberline.”