A Walk in a Field

A Walk in a Field String Quartet Grades 2 - 3

Christina Rusnak & Nora Piña

©Copyright 2021, Christina Rusnak & Nora Piña Rusnak Music Press, (BM) All rights reserved, internationally

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A Walk in a Field Duration ~ 1:45

Notes: During the Covid pandemic, I worked with my nine-year old, Nora Piña, on her improvisation skills. She favors a minimalist approach at this point in her creative development. A Walk in a Field is a collaborative effort to create a string quartet for younger performers of adjacent skill levels. Starting from her exploratory elements, the piece is leisurely in pace, as the walker surveys her surroundings.

- Christina Rusnak 2021

Performance Notes: The challenge for many is to play simplicity with a level of expression. The second piano risks plodding. Encourage students to be expressive while largely adhering to the stated meter and rhythm. No pedal is indicated, but feel free to use it as your piano and space requires.

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CHRISTINA RUSNAK

Christina Rusnak is a composer, explorer and cultural catalyst who draws inspiration from the world around her. She seeks to integrate a sense of context into her music from a variety of sources including landscape, culture, history, ecology and art, she strives to communicate something meaningful about the human experience through music to both performers and the audience.

Rusnak’s pieces range from grade 1 to professional levels and includes solo works, chamber, orchestra, wind band, flex band pieces as well as jazz, women’s choir, electro-acoustic works, and film. An avid hiker, Ms. Rusnak she has been commissioned by the U.S. Forest Service, The National Park Service, and Oregon State Parks with over dozen pieces inspired by experiences in their landscapes. In 2019, she led the renowned Composing in the Wilderness Seminar at the Fairbanks Summer Arts Festival. Her work has been performed across the country, and internationally.

She earned dual graduate degrees in Composition and Arts Leadership from the University of North Texas in 2010. To intersect her passion for music with place and culture, she received a post-graduate certification in Cultural Planning in 2017 from the University of British Columbia.

In addition to composing, she has served as Sound Art Curator for the Dallas Contemporary Art Museum, as Executive Director for Orchestra 2001 in Philadelphia, on the board of Signal Fire Arts and currently serves as the President of the International Alliance for Women in Music (IAWM).

Her essays on music and advocacy can be found on LandscapeMusic.org, New Music Box, and Oregon Arts Watch. Her works are available from Amazon, Naxos and Parma Recordings, with her scores available through her website http://christinarusnak.com and various distributors.

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