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COMPOSING IN THE WILDERNESS

Cameron recently returned from a two week journey in Denali National park with the program Composing in the Wilderness. During that time, she, along with eight other composers, had a week to explore the national park and then three days to compose a piece reflective of her experience. Instrumentation was drawn out of a hat, resulting in the unique combination of saxophone, violin, cello and vibraphone.

The program was featured on Alaskan radio live, you can listen to the KUAC radio interview here, (Cameron’s segment begins at 30:00).

You can read more about Composing in the Wilderness here.

PROGRAM NOTES

One observation from spending a week in Denali was the natural world’s tie to the earth- it is like clockwork. The birds that migrate hundreds of miles, the bear mothers conserving fat for their cubs, the pinecones that open up during a fire. Life is preserved at break-neck speed with no spoken language to guide its process. Man is not like that. As a species, we have diverged from nature’s natural clockwork. In our relentless pursuit of enlightenment, we have become an exception to this natural progress.

In this piece, you will hear the establishment of nature's clock and humanity's gradual divergence from its rhythm. It is through this unraveling that we come to appreciate the delicate balance between our innovative aspirations and the undeniable pull of the natural world, urging us to reconnect and rediscover our place within its intricacies.