A Phoenix’s Guide to Self-Love
Speaking pianist • 2025 • 9'
Artwork by Stephanie Swilley
Program Note
A Phoenix's Guide to Self-Love (2025), for speaking pianist, was composed for pianist Andrea Johnson in collaboration with poet Rena Joy as part of the Creative Nexus Spring 2025 Virtual Artist Residency. The work focuses on self-reflection, determination, and imagery of flight.
A Phoenix's Guide to Self-Love is a continuation of the composer’s work into computer-assisted algorithmic composition and the use of simultaneous compositional methodologies within a work. The piece makes use of several approaches to isorhythm, rhythm fractioning (Schillinger), set theory, interval cycles, serial processes (rotation), and sonification. The piece was composed with the aid of the software Supercollider and Max.
For more information on Rena and her work, see => https://www.renajoypoetry.com/
Performance Information
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