Canadian composer Juliet Palmer talks about Down in the River to Pray and asks what if we treated rivers as though they could sing? Preseneted by the University of Toronto's Centre for Ethics for the series, The Ethics of Songs. https://youtu.be/HAX96wsemDM   Drawn to water I'm drawn to water: flowing, falling, rushing, rolling, rippling, thirst-quenching water. Buoyant water that...

Composer Juliet Palmer talks about her new orchestral work fire break, dedicated to forests past and future. Commissioned and premiered by the Hamilton Philharmonic with conductor Gemma New. https://youtu.be/Z8gy0PTRHfQ Transcript: "At the end of 2019 there were raging forest fires in many parts of the world. At that point there were huge fires in Australia, in the Amazon...

2 2 2 2 / 2 2 / timp / str [13′] 2020. [audio mp3="https://www.julietpalmer.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/fire-break-audio.mp3"][/audio] Commissioner: The Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra Funder: The Genesis Project Premiere: The Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra with conductor Patrick Dupré Quigley, FirstOntario Concert Hall, Hamilton, Canada, May 14, 2022. Program note: fire break is my song for the forests burned by the climate crisis — fires amplified by...

picc, cl/bass cl, ob, hn, tpt, trb, vib, acc, pno, vn, vla, vcl, db [10′] 2019. Commissioner: Auckland Chamber Orchestra Funder: Creative New Zealand Premiere: Auckland Chamber Orchestra with conductor Peter Scholes, Raye Freedman Arts Centre, New Zealand, October 20, 2019. Program note: Cutwork takes its inspiration from textile decoration: material is cut away and the edges of the hole...