Commissioned by the New York University Symphony. An orchestral tone poem inspired by the coastal landscape of the San Francisco Bay Area where I was born and raised, this piece takes its title from a woodblock print by contemporary artist Tom Killion. Continue reading “Point Reyes from Chimney Rock (2014)”
Performance score available for purchase. Please direct inquiries to Nell Shaw Cohen at nell@nellshawcohen.com.
Program Note
Horizon was composed in 2013 for the occasion of Parrish Art Museum’s one-year anniversary in its new location in Water Mill, NY. This work celebrates and reflects the aesthetic quality of the museum’s building and the surrounding landscape of the East End of Long Island, , using negative space in music to reflect the vastness of a flat horizon line.
Parrish Art Museum, Water Mill NY. Karlos Rodriguez, cello: 11/09/13. Richard Vaudrey, cello: 11/10/13.
Recorded on-site in public parks by Fjola Evans for short dance film. New York NY, February 2014.
Louise King, cello. Cello Dreaming Australian tour: The Cooroora Institute, Cooroy (9/09/16), Horizon Festival at University Sunshine Coast Art Gallery in Sippy Downs (9/10/16), and Lift Gallery in Maleny (9/11/16).
The Clark Art Institute, Juventas New Music Ensemble, Matthew Smith, cello, Williamstown, MA, 7/16/23.
ASTA National Conference, Mira Frisch, cello; Kentucky International Convention Center, Louisville, KY, 3/21/24.
Three short movements for three percussionists. Each movement is a musical response to, or evocation of, a favorite image from European decorative arts. Winner of NYU Percussion Ensemble Call for Scores.
Oboe, bassoon, trumpet, harpsichord, violin, and viola. 8 1/2 mins.
A work for mixed chamber ensemble inspired by the textures and sound world of Baroque music and the rhythms of Progressive Rock. Continue reading “Sextet (2012)”
Trumpet with digital samples and live processing. 3 mins.
This work for trumpet and electronics integrates samples of 17th century Italian music with live, digitally processed trumpet. Continue reading “San Marco (2012)”