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Shadowsphere for piano and electronics (in progress)
Glint for solo tenor trombone (2015)
Program Note: Glint was commissioned by and is dedicated to Russell Ballenger. More information will be available soon.
Etching for two flutes (2013)
Program Note: Etching was written for the 2013 National Flute Association convention in New Orleans, Louisiana. More information will be available soon.
World Premiere:
August 9, 2013 - National Flute Association; New Orleans Marriott Hotel, New Orleans, Louisiana
Lisa Bost-Sandberg and Wayla Chambo, flutes
Timing: 8:00
Glacial for string quartet (2013)
Program Note: Glacial is in two primary sections. The first is a gradual but extended transformation, and out of this musical foundation appear aural shimmers and cracks that range from subtle to aggressive in nature. The shorter second section serves as a counterbalance to the earlier material, related but contrasting in terms of space and character. While not intended to be representational, the piece reflects aspects of a glacier—the movement, the shimmers and cracks. While glacial motion is slow, its impact is huge and dynamic.
World Premiere:
March 25, 2013 - Spectrum Concert; Merrill Ellis Intermedia Theatre, the University of North Texas, Denton, Texas
Frederick D. McKee, violin; Zo Manfredi, violin; Lacey Kesterke, viola; Ilia De La Rosa, cello
PLEASE NOTE: This piece begins very softly. Lisa Bost-Sandberg - Glacial (world premiere - recorded live)
Timing: 6:00
Mox for solo alto saxophone (2012)
Program Note: Mox was written in the spring of 2012 for my husband, Scott Sandberg, who performed the premiere at the World Saxophone Congress in July of 2012. More details about and a recording of the work will be available soon.
World Premiere:
July 14, 2012 - World Saxophone Congress; St. Leonard's Auditorium, the University of St. Andrews, St. Andrews, Scotland
Scott Sandberg, alto saxophone
Timing: 5:00
Beyond Within for solo tenor trombone and trombone octet (2011)
Program Note:
Composed in the fall of 2011, Beyond Within was written at the request of Brian Conklin to be performed by the Dallas-based trombone ensemble Slide Show. Many thanks also go to my UNT colleagues Jeremiah Stones, Justin Condron, Carl Lundgren, Julie Gray, Chris B. Reaves, Isaac Washam, Greg Moose, Zachary Elliott, Evan Sankey, and Sean Casey for their enthusiasm about the piece and musicianship in reading and preliminary recording sessions.
Beyond Within was inspired by Wassily Kandinsky’s highly influential book Point and Line to Plane, which he wrote to articulate the theoretical concerns of painting, an action he deemed necessary for continued advancement of the art. He discusses the art elements, the point being the “proto-element” of painting through “intense self-contained repose” and the line being “inwardly animated tension created by movement” – essentially the interruption of a point’s repose due to a force causing motion upon it. Kandinsky’s descriptions are dynamic and deeply entwined with both nature and other art forms; his direct and indirect parallels to music are both eloquent and striking.
As Kandinsky describes how all phenomena can be experienced both externally and internally, he states “The work of Art mirrors itself upon the surface of our consciousness. However, its image extends beyond, to vanish from the surface without a trace when the sensation has subsided. A certain transparent, but definite glass-like partition, abolishing direct contact from within, seems to exist here as well. Here, too, exists the possibility of entering art’s message, to participate actively, and to experience its pulsating-life with all one’s senses.”
World Premiere:
March 5, 2012 - Spectrum/Collevoxus Concert; Recital Hall, University of North Texas, Denton, Texas
Carl Lundgren, solo tenor trombone; Isaac Washam, Chris B. Reaves, Zachary Steele, Greg Moose, Michelle Flowers, and Evan Sankey, tenor trombones; Jeremiah Stones and Eddie Eby, bass trombones; Justin Condron, conductor
Lisa Bost-Sandberg - Beyond Within (world premiere - recorded live)
Timing: 10:00
Bilder for solo alto flute (2009)
Program Note: Bilder was written to be premiered on the 2009 rarescale Premiere Series of concerts in London. The melodic material evolves by weaving in and out of extended technique timbres. It is in a three-part form, with a relatively short contrasting section flanked by opening and closing sections of related material that is derived from the opening multiphonics and tremoli. Bilder is the Norwegian word for “photographs,” and this piece is dedicated to my family in Rindal, Norway, where the second performance took place.
World Premiere:
June 27, 2009 - rarescale Premiere Series - Music for Two Alto Flutes; St. Leonard's Church, London, United Kingdom
Lisa Bost-Sandberg, alto flute
Norway Premiere:
July 3, 2009 - Rindal Museum Summer Concert; Rindal Museum, Rindal, Norway
Lisa Bost-Sandberg, alto flute
United States Premiere:
May 18, 2009 - Guest Recital; Harper Hall, Lawrence University, Appleton, Wisconsin
Lisa Bost-Sandberg, alto flute
Lisa Bost-Sandberg - Bilder (excerpt - full recording coming soon)
Timing: 4:30
Fluxion for solo flute (2008)
Program Note: Fluxion was written for and premiered at PKN Productions' UnTapped @ the Tank 2008 Concert Series in New York City. The title refers to the state of the melodic and timbral materials used in the piece. During my time in New York I was surrounded by an incredible amount of sonic experimentation by my colleagues and instructors, and this piece is very much inspired by my collaborations with these people and by the percussive timbres that the flute is capable of producing.
Honors:
Selected for Rebecca Ashe's Vox Novus Concert; April 25, 2010; Jan Hus Church, New York, New York
Selected for "New Works by UNT Composers"; October 10, 2010; Greater Denton Arts Council Center for Visual Arts, Denton, Texas
Selected for "Time and Space: New Works from the College of Music at UNT"; January 28, 2011; TexGallery, Denton, Texas
World Premiere:
April 9, 2008 - UnTapped @ The Tank Concert Series, PKN Productions; The Tank, New York, New York
Lisa Bost-Sandberg, flute
Lisa Bost-Sandberg - Fluxion
Timing: 5:20
Sonata for Alto Saxophone and Piano (2007/2009)
Program Note: Sonata for Alto Saxophone and Piano was composed for Scott Sandberg and premiered on his faculty recital of "Saxophone Sonatas" on the 2006-2007 Voices Old and New Concert Series at the Bloomingdale School of Music in New York City. Multiphonics are an integral part of the language of the second movement, and they are contextualized within other sonic shifts, such as the use of quartertones, against a harmonically interesting but more simply set piano part. The outer movements are more traditional in presentation; the first is carried by melodic lines, and the third, the most rhythmically complex, unfolds through the evolution of thematic material.
Honors:
Selected for the SCI Region V Conference; October 8-10, 2009; Clarke College, Dubuque, Iowa
Selected for "Collevoxus: new music from North Texas and Texas Christian University"; March 26, 2011; Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Fort Worth, Texas
World Premiere:
March 23, 2007 - "Saxophone Sonatas" Faculty Recital, Voices Old and New Concert Series; Bloomingdale School of Music, New York, New York
Scott Sandberg, alto saxophone, and Martha Locker, piano
Lisa Bost-Sandberg - Sonata for Alto Saxophone and Piano, movement I (sinuous)
Lisa Bost-Sandberg - Sonata for Alto Saxophone and Piano, movement II (expansive)
Lisa Bost-Sandberg - Sonata for Alto Saxophone and Piano, movement III (intensifying)
Timing:
Movement I: 3:00
Movement II: 3:30
Movement III: 3:30
when it rains / the river stands still for solo alto flute (2006)
Program Note: This piece was composed to
be performed on my Master of Arts degree recital as well as my alto flute lecture-recitals. The title is a two-line poem
I wrote to evoke a moment that included a stunning view of the Iowa River in a rainfall. Singing and playing simultaneously is explored
in this work as a connection between voice and flute is particularly strong with the alto. The alto flute fits the vocal
range more agreeably than the higher-pitched concert flute, and as Theobald Boehm wrote of his invention in The Flute and Flute
Playing, "Because of the great facility for modulation of the full, sonorous tones of this flute, it is adapted to music in
the song style, and for accompanying a soprano voice." Circular breathing is required for a short portion of this
piece.
Honors:
Selected for the 44th Annual Iowa Composers Concert (presented by the Beethoven Club of Cedar Rapids); February 1, 2009; Coe College, Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Selected for "Time and Space: New Works from the College of Music at UNT"; January 28, 2011; TexGallery, Denton, Texas
World Premiere:
December 3, 2005 - NYU Master of Arts Recital; Rose Studio, Lincoln Center, New York, New York
Lisa Bost-Sandberg, alto flute
Lisa Bost-Sandberg - when it rains / the river stands still
Timing: 5:30
As Their Own for solo alto flute (2005)
Program Note: As Their Own was written for my brother-in-law's wedding in August of 2005.
Lisa Bost-Sandberg - As Their Own
Timing: 2:30
Diandya for solo flute (2005)
Program Note: Diandya is in existence with great thanks to Robert Dick. During my studies at NYU I was planning a recital of unaccompanied works, "a solo expedition," and he encouraged me to perform something of my own – whether an improvisation, composition, or arrangement. I immediately knew that he was right, that something of my own would be the perfect addition to a program of four important 20th century works (Debussy, Varèse, Berio, and Dick) and a new piece that I had commissioned Evan Mazunik to write, but composing was the furthest from my mind at that time. Luckily, a few small but aptly timed events changed my thinking, and with Robert Dick's invaluable guidance I discovered that composing music is very important to me. "Diandya" is a made-up word.
World Premiere:
April 17, 2005 - "a solo expedition" Recital; Rose Studio, Lincoln Center, New York, New York
