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“Another intriguing release from Unsettled Scores, the chamber, classical, orchestral and modern appeal is executed with tremendous dynamics and a very highly artistic presence.”
– Tom Haugen, Take Effect
Transpositions
By Spy Dénommé-Welch with Catherine Magowan
Transpositions is a sonic exploration of the relationship between health and the environment. The work is written for viola, bass trombone/tuba and piano as part of Dr. Spy Dénommé-Welch’s self-directed residency with Native Earth Performing Arts, and performed under the musical direction of Catherine Magowan. An album recording of the work will be released in 2023.
30 minutes
1 x viola
1 x bass trombone / tuba
1 x piano
Transpositions in media [selections]:
Interviews:
Cooler Classics, December 8, 2024 [UK]
Toronto Guardian, January 10, 2025
Interlude, January 13, 2025 [Hong Kong]
Reviews:
Take Effect “Another intriguing release from Unsettled Scores, the chamber, classical, orchestral and modern appeal is executed with tremendous dynamics and a very highly artistic presence.”
Opera Ramblings “Unsurprisingly there’s a fair bit of dark humour. It’s pretty hard to write entirely seriously for low brass outside the context of a large ensemble.“
Exclusive Magazine “This sonic exploration of the relationship between health and the environment dutifully opens on the studiously playful, yet stridently profound Scan/Machine and then we are brought forth the playfully impassioned Boiling Frog, the low slung, lonesome ode Clear Cut/Lesions and then we get my own personal favorite, the intricately melodious Dead Zones: After the Fact.”
The Intelligencer “Boiling Frog is dark, unsettling and bubbly. Clear Cut/Lesions features long, legato lines on viola and trombone, above the harmonic foundations lai out on piano. Other standout tracks include Aftershocks, Acclimation, Dead Zones: After the Fact and Scan/Machine.”
Sonograma [Catalan language publication]
Podcasts:
The Moderns, Episode 342, November 24, 2024
Different Noises, Episode 69, December 11, 2024
The Moderns, Episode 349, January 12, 2025
Performance history
- November 20, 2022: Weesageechak Begins to Dance XXXV (Native Earth Performing Arts, Aki Studio, Toronto)
- Director: Spy Dénommé-Welch
- Music Director: Catherine Magowan
- Instruments: Alyssa Delbaere-Sawchuk, Justin McLean, Christine (Cheon Gyeong) Bae
Transpositions was developed with support from the Canada Council for the Arts
