Resonance: Chamber Works Vol. I
Works by
Crabtree, Frizzo,
Johnson, and Price
Catalog
Number: NTR 101
1. Prelude and Dance Xð
2. A Prayer for the Forgotten Xð
3. Beasts in the Window Xð
4. Vexation
Xð
5. Wind and Window Flower Xð
6. Aurorean Eclipse
Xð
7. Persiflage Xð
8. Sans Titre II
Xð
9-11. Celestial Horizons:
Three Scenes from the Cosmos
I. Capriccio
Xð
II. Romanza Xð
III. Scherzo
Xð
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About The Piece...
Based on a three-note motive and a melodic
augmented triad, Persiflage
(1996) abstractly merges flowing melodic expression with expanded
techniques of the clarinet.
Click to hear a brief excerpt of John
Crabtree's Persiflage Xð
About The Composer...
John M. Crabtree is a New Orleans,
Louisiana native who is currently completing his Doctoral degree in
Music Composition under the direction of Stephen David Beck and
Dinos Constantinides at Louisiana State University.
Performances of his music have taken place nationally and
internationally at various concerts and conferences in North
America, Europe, and South America. Among his awards are the
"Phi Mu Alpha National Conference Centennial Fanfare Competition" of
1997 for A Centennial Celebration: Sinfonian Fanfare for
brass ensemble, New York’s "INMC (International New Music
Consortium, Inc.) Composition Competition of 2001" for
Scintillate Plectrums for electronic tape, a series of
"Standard Awards" from ASCAP, and recently a Winner of one of two
prizes in the "Penn State University College of Arts and
Architecture’s Competition for Two Commencement Marches" for
Commencement for the Penn State University Trombone
Choir. Several recordings can be heard on the Magni and
New Tertian Recordings labels, as well as on a soon released
compact disc by trumpeter, Rex Richardson. John has previously
served on the music faculty at Louisiana State University in Baton
Rouge, La., Southeastern Louisiana University in Hammond, La., Our
Lady of the Lake College in Baton Rouge, and the University of
Houston. He is currently on the Music Theory faculty at Sam
Houston State University in Huntsville, Texas. John is an
active member of CMS (College Music Society), SCI (Society of
Composers, Inc), SCL (Southeastern Composers League), NACUSA
(National Association of Composers USA), Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, and
ASCAP (American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers).
About The Performer...
Kristina Belisle has
performed as soloist with the Houston Symphony, the Flint Symphony,
and throughout Arkansas. She has won numerous awards for her
performances including the 1993 William C. Byrd National Young
Artist Award for Winds and Brass and the 1992 Ima Hogg National
Young Artist Award. As a chamber musician, she has performed with
the Renaud Chamber Music Series, the Fontana Festical of Music and
Art, and the Norfolk and Bowdoin Chamber Music Festivals.
As a founding member of Southspoon Winds,
she received top prizes in the Fishoff and Yellow Springs
Competitions and was a finalist in the 1997 Concert Artist Guild
Competition.
Currently an assistant professor at the
University of Akron, she has also served on the faculty of the
University of Central Askansas. Ms. Belisle holds a Doctor of
Musical Arts degree from Michigan State University where she studied
with Elsa Ludewig-Verdehr.
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