A Dramatic Journey: 60 Years of Thea Musgrave\u2019s Music for Oboe<\/em><\/a> includes solo and chamber works by Scottish composer Thea Musgrave (b. 1928), who has lived in the United States since the 1970s.<\/p>\nSullivan is joined on the recording by her colleague Dr. Jessica Lindsey, associate professor of clarinet, and flutist Rebecca Johnson and pianist Cara Chowning, who, with Sullivan, make up Trio Village. Johnson is assistant professor of flute at Eastern Illinois University; Chowning is assistant director of the opera and principal vocal coach at Ball State University in Indiana.<\/p>\n
Trio Village launched 10 years ago with a performance of Musgrave\u2019s Trio for Flute, Oboe and Piano. \u201cThat piece sparked our interest to find other pieces written by Musgrave for our instrumentation or a combination of our instruments,\u201d Sullivan says. Musgrave\u2019s Trio culminates the album, the seventh work in a set that includes both abstract titles (\u201cImpromptu,\u201d for example, in addition to \u201cTrio\u201d) and programmatic (such as \u201cDawn\u201d or \u201cNight Windows\u201d).<\/p>\n
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\u201cI have grown to enjoy and deeply appreciate her compositional style,\u201d Sullivan says, \u201calways telling a story, and you can bet it\u2019s usually deeply emotional. She pays close attention to what each instrument does well and highlights that. She marries the woodwind instruments together beautifully, creating entirely new timbres.\u201d<\/p>\n
Musgrave, who has received two Guggenheim Fellowships and numerous other awards and accolades over her long career, has written some 150 compositions, including operas, ballets, and large-scale orchestral works. In a world still dominated by men, Sullivan says, Musgrave has frequently downplayed her gender.<\/p>\n
\u201cMusgrave is often quoted as saying, \u2018I am a woman and a composer, but rarely at the same time.\u2019 But she has made a lasting impression on the field, paving the way for many more women composers. And still, in her early 90’s, she is actively composing, a goal we could all aspire to!\u201d<\/p>\n
Sullivan completed the recording project with support from a UNC Charlotte Faculty Research Grant and a Regional Artist Grant from the Charlotte Mecklenburg Arts & Science Council. During the period of preparation and recording, Sullivan says that she experienced several personal losses and periods of grief.<\/p>\n
\u201cContinuing the work on this project \u2013 collaborating with fellow musicians and friends, preparing the music and immersing myself in the music \u2013 guided my grief and gave me peace,\u201d she says. \u201cThis is the testament to the power of music and all the arts to endure the passage of time, to speak to multiple audiences, to confront the difficult ongoing narratives in our time and space, and ultimately to bring peace.\u201d <\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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\u201cI have grown to enjoy and deeply appreciate her compositional style,\u201d Sullivan says, \u201calways telling a story, and you can bet it\u2019s usually deeply emotional. She pays close attention to what each instrument does well and highlights that. She marries the woodwind instruments together beautifully, creating entirely new timbres.\u201d<\/p>\n