Elliot Cole http://elliotcole.com composer, singer, programmer Thu, 02 May 2013 22:25:21 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Selkie, a Sea Tale http://elliotcole.com/selkie-a-sea-tale/ http://elliotcole.com/selkie-a-sea-tale/#comments Thu, 02 May 2013 22:06:36 +0000 Elliot Cole http://elliotcole.com/?p=604 Selkie

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The recording of my 2011 opera Selkie, a Sea Tale is available now on iTunes!

Beautiful performances by Misha Penton, Kyle Evans, Patrick Moore and Meredith Harris.

Watch the music video for Softly Over Sounding Waves

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]]> http://elliotcole.com/contact/feed/ 0 Postludes http://elliotcole.com/vibes/ http://elliotcole.com/vibes/#comments Tue, 17 Jul 2012 17:39:23 +0000 Elliot Cole http://elliotcole.com/?p=186 Video
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Postludes

for bowed vibraphone / four players
by Elliot Cole
24’ total time

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Postludes is a book of eight pieces for a familiar instrument played in a new way. Four players, with eight double-bass bows, play interlocking lines on a single vibraphone. The interplay of bows and hands tapping, muting and touching harmonics, weaves an intimate and intricate counterpoint that is as beautiful to watch as it is to hear: fragile, tender and haunting.

“Elliot Cole’s ‘Postludes’ for bowed vibraphone are a fantastic new addition to quartet repertoire for percussion – someday soon everyone is going to be playing these pieces. Working with Elliot, we discovered a huge new range of sonic possibilities and a gorgeous choreography unique to the bowed vibraphone. The ‘Postludes’ have had an immediate impact on audiences, and they are sure to become a part of the repertoire.” – So Percussion

“…a singular new voice– both haunting and profoundly lyrical… Through it’s elegantly, simple concept, Postludes becomes truly compelling theater.” – Mark DeChiazza, director and filmmaker

“…some of the most expressive and lyrical percussion music I’ve ever heard” – Peter Dodds, percussionist

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Postludes 1-5 were premiered at Princeton University by So Percussion on May 1, 2012. 6-8 were premiered at the So Percussion Summer Institute by Drew Warden, Ellery Trafford, Tai-Jung Tsai, and Chris Sies.

]]> http://elliotcole.com/vibes/feed/ 0 Etudes for Piano http://elliotcole.com/etudes-for-piano/ http://elliotcole.com/etudes-for-piano/#comments Tue, 17 Jul 2012 16:57:03 +0000 Elliot Cole http://elliotcole.com/?p=184 Listen
  • 1. Interpolation
  • 2. Extrapolation 1
  • 3. Extrapolation 2
  • 4. Inversion
  • 5. Imitation
    • ]]>     http://elliotcole.com/etudes-for-piano/feed/ 0     I grew up in Austin, Texas http://elliotcole.com/i-grew-up-in-austin-texas/ http://elliotcole.com/i-grew-up-in-austin-texas/#comments Tue, 17 Jul 2012 05:23:49 +0000 Elliot Cole http://elliotcole.com/?p=240 writing songs, singing in choirs and musical theater, playing in bands, and making noise collages with a four track cassette-tape studio I assembled in the garage.

    Today, I use every tool I can: my body (singing, rapping), instruments (piano, guitar, bass, harmonium), notation (standard, figured bass, jazz), production (Logic, Ableton Live, Pro Tools, After Effects), genre (classical, hip hop, opera, folk, early) and computer programming (SuperCollider, Max/MSP). I also write all my own lyrics, and design and code websites (including Tema Watstein, Misha Penton, Alice Tai, Tex-Fab, and this one).

    I am a PhD candidate at Princeton and live in Newark, NJ. I also have a B.Mus. in composition and a B.A. in Cognitive Linguistics from Rice University.

    Program Bio & CV

    ]]>     http://elliotcole.com/i-grew-up-in-austin-texas/feed/ 0     De Rerum http://elliotcole.com/de-rerum/ http://elliotcole.com/de-rerum/#comments Sun, 01 Jul 2012 19:44:53 +0000 Elliot Cole http://elliotcole.com/?p=307 Video

    Performances

    ]]>     http://elliotcole.com/de-rerum/feed/ 0     Blooms http://elliotcole.com/blooms/ http://elliotcole.com/blooms/#comments Mon, 18 Jun 2012 17:45:13 +0000 Elliot Cole http://elliotcole.com/?p=296 http://elliotcole.com/blooms/feed/ 0 Four Apparitions http://elliotcole.com/four-strophes/ http://elliotcole.com/four-strophes/#comments Wed, 18 Apr 2012 15:20:12 +0000 Elliot Cole http://elliotcole.com/?p=271 Listen
  • First Apparition
  • Second Apparition
  • Third Apparition
  • Fourth Apparition
    • ]]>     http://elliotcole.com/four-strophes/feed/ 0     Unknowable City no. 5 http://elliotcole.com/unknowable-city-no-5/ http://elliotcole.com/unknowable-city-no-5/#comments Mon, 20 Feb 2012 16:21:43 +0000 Elliot Cole http://elliotcole.com/?p=292 Listen
  • Unknowable City No. 5
      • ]]> http://elliotcole.com/unknowable-city-no-5/feed/ 0 the music i wrote last winter http://elliotcole.com/the-music-i-wrote-last-winter/ http://elliotcole.com/the-music-i-wrote-last-winter/#comments Sat, 18 Feb 2012 16:01:01 +0000 Elliot Cole http://elliotcole.com/?p=282 Listen
    • 1. Prelude
    • 2.
    • 3. Interlude (Burlesque)
    • 4.
    • 5. Postlude
    As I happily barreled down an algorithmic-music rabbit hole last fall, I tried to mostly ignore a nagging question – do I rely too much on Big Ideas? Could it be, at least in part, that my enthusiasm for narratives, stylisms, generative metaphors, formal processes etc. is a way to avoid what’s most difficult about music?

    This quintent was a back-to-basics turn to feed my growing hunger to write music without Big Ideas.

    And I think I’ve succeeded. The work was at once harder and simpler than I’m used to. Certainly very satisfying. I think I recognize myself, whatever that means, in the tunes and the changes, even ones that surprise me. And in the ideas — which, I’m proud to say, are all very small.

    As I wrote, I felt my favorite quartets close by, and I did not resist them when they offered a suggestion. It strikes me that this makes the music even more personal, which is counterintuitive but probably true. Thanks, then, to Bartok, Takemitsu, Britten and Dutilleux.

    elliot cole 2012

    ]]>     http://elliotcole.com/the-music-i-wrote-last-winter/feed/ 0     Billy Budd http://elliotcole.com/billy-budd/ http://elliotcole.com/billy-budd/#comments Mon, 18 Jul 2011 01:21:41 +0000 Elliot Cole http://elliotcole.com/?p=200

    ]]>     http://elliotcole.com/billy-budd/feed/ 0     Selkie http://elliotcole.com/selkie/ http://elliotcole.com/selkie/#comments Tue, 26 Oct 2010 19:12:42 +0000 Elliot Cole http://elliotcole.com/?p=452 More info
    recording coming soon
    ]]>     http://elliotcole.com/selkie/feed/ 0     Ladies and Gentlemen http://elliotcole.com/ladies-and-gentlemen/ http://elliotcole.com/ladies-and-gentlemen/#comments Fri, 26 Mar 2010 19:34:02 +0000 Elliot Cole http://elliotcole.com/?p=468 Listen
  • 1. Aria
  • 2. Courante
  • 3. Fast
    • ]]>     http://elliotcole.com/ladies-and-gentlemen/feed/ 0     Babinagar http://elliotcole.com/babinagar/ http://elliotcole.com/babinagar/#comments Wed, 24 Feb 2010 14:23:17 +0000 Elliot Cole http://elliotcole.com/?p=385 Listen
  • 1. Father
  • 2. Stepsisters
  • 3. Lament
  • 4. Challenge
  • 5. Promise
  • 6. Dowry
  • 7. Journey
  • 8. Light
  • 9. Dowry
  • 10. Well