Robert Blocker, Dean
doctor of musical arts recital
Daniel Wohl composition
Morse Recital Hall September 15, 2016 • Thursday at 7:30 pm
Yale School of Music
Daniel Wohl
composition
September 15, 2016 • Morse Recital Hall
Daniel Wohl b. 1980
Kin (2015) Joe Bergen, percussion Holographic (2014–15) Holographic Replicate Formless Shapes Progression Conrad Harris, Pauline Kim Harris, violin Yaroslav Kargin, viola Melody Giron, cello Joe Bergen, Mike McCurdy, Mark Utley, percussion
As a courtesy to the performers and audience, please silence all electronic devices. Please do not leave the hall during selections. Photography or recording of any kind is prohibited. This performance is in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Doctor of Musical Arts degree.
Doctor of Musical Arts Recital
on a Can All-Stars, the Barlow Kin When I was asked to write a piece for Endowment for Music Composition a consortium of twenty percussionists, at Brigham Young University, Sonic Generator at Georgia Tech, the Fresh I thought it might be interesting to try to compose music that somehow Sound Music Series, and Mantra takes into account each percussionist’s Percussion and the Mivos Quartet. —Daniel Wohl unique abilities and his or her individual approach to the instruments. Biography Each performer in this consortium was therefore asked to contribute an Born and raised in Paris and currently living in Los Angeles, Daniel element to be included in the new work, perhaps a special technique or Wohl’s music blends electronics with acoustic instrumentation to an often a recording of themselves playing, “beautiful ... original” (Pitchfork) effect. something that could then be used as an element in the electronic comRecently, performances of his music ponent or written into the score. have been held at the San Francisco Symphony SoundBox series, the Holographic Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s Holographic is a collection of works that explores the disparate landscape MusicNOW series, the Hollywood between acoustic and electronically- Bowl with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Carnegie Hall, the Barbican, produced sound—one that merges the Broad Museum, MASS MoCA, the the compositional and performance practice of the acoustic tradition with Holland Festival, and MoMA PS1. the infinite possibilities of the digital Earlier this year, Holographic, Wohl’s second album, was released on New realm. By electronically processing instruments, whether strings, percus- Amsterdam Records. Commissioned sion, or the human voice, Holographic by MASS MoCA, the Indianapolis Museum of Art, the Liquid Music seeks a connection with technology while retaining the warmth of human Series, and the Baryshnikov Arts Center, the music has been deemed inconsistencies and complexities. Holographic, which is both an album “aggressive and gorgeous” (NPR). and a live multimedia performance, was commissioned by the Massachusetts A recent graduate of the Yale School of Museum of Contempoary Art (MASS Music, Wohl studied with Martin Bresnick, David Lang, Aaron Jay MoCA), the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra’s Liquid Music Series, the Kernis, and Ingram Marshall. Indianapolis Museum of Art, and the Baryshnikov Arts Center. The individual movements were commissioned (in order of performance) by the Bang
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