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Stuart Saunders Smith: PLAY

From: Sam Greenspan
Length: 00:08:44

"New Music," Transmedia, and Animal Pantomime Read the full description.

Default-piece-image-2 "Everyone is born a composer, and through their education, they are taught not to be one. Somehow, I was uneducatable." In this non-narrated piece, composer Stuart Saunders Smith explains his work as music of the body. Chrissie Martin, a student of performance, realizes this work in...animal gesture? Born in Portland, ME, Smith now lives in Baltimore. --- This piece was a final project for the course, "Music, Language, and Voice," at New College of Florida.

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Piece Description

"Everyone is born a composer, and through their education, they are taught not to be one. Somehow, I was uneducatable." In this non-narrated piece, composer Stuart Saunders Smith explains his work as music of the body. Chrissie Martin, a student of performance, realizes this work in...animal gesture? Born in Portland, ME, Smith now lives in Baltimore. --- This piece was a final project for the course, "Music, Language, and Voice," at New College of Florida.

Timing and Cues

Host Intro: "Stuart Saunders Smith is a composer of 'new music,' a style of music which questions the assumptions of what people consider 'music.' In November of 2007, Smith visited New College of Florida and collaborated with students rehearsing 'Transitions and Leaps,' a work by Smith."

Musical Works

Title Artist Album Label Year Length
Breath Stuart Saunders Smith Breath. Sonic Art Editions (BMI) 2001 00:30
Family Portraits: Cubba Stuart Saunders Smith Breath. Sonic Art Editions (BMI) 2001 01:45
Blue Too Stuart Saunders Smith Breath. Sonic Art Editions (BMI) 2001 01:01

Related Website

http://www.ncf.edu/newmusicnewcollege/