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smile smile smile - 2014
for bass clarinet, piano + percussion, ca. 8'00"
Composed for players at the University of South Florida in 2014, smile smile smile is based on the English World War I soldier song
Pack up your Troubles, which appears throughout the work in various forms. The piece explores the way perspectives on a given tune or idea can change over time, with an emphasis on the ways in which subjective experiences can create wildly varied reactions to the same materials.
full recording
Joseph Bourdeau, bass clarinet; Yiyang Li, piano; Jessyca Rose, percussion
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