CHAMBER MUSIC WITH FRIENDS, INC.
SATELLITE BEACH, FLORIDA

Strauss did leave us with motifs that repeat throughout the piece to help guide us. We hear these motifs right at the opening with the violin playing a “once upon a time” theme, and the horn playing the now famous theme of Till himself. Plus watch out for the clarinet’s “laughter” as Till causes trouble. Before the premiere Strauss wrote, “I really cannot provide a program for Any words into which I might put the thoughts that the several incidents suggested to me would hardly suffice; they might even offend. Let me leave it, therefore, to my listeners to crack the hard nut the Rogue has offered them. By way of helping them to a better understanding, it seems enough to point out the two Eulenspiegel motifs which, in the most diverse disguises, moods, and situations, pervade the whole up to the catastrophe when, after being condemned to death, Till is strung up on the gibbet. For the rest, let them guess at the musical joke a Rogue has offered them.” Jessica: I can talk for pages about why I love the stories, but the real answer is that they are simply wonderful pieces of music. As much as we are excited about collaboration and multimedia (and the stories themselves), it still has to start with great basics, with a great foundation off which we can build. All of the effects and power of one the multimedia art mirrors and amplifies what we should already be hearing and feeling in the music and the original story. That is what will make it so effective. Each piece has been different because each collaboration is different. What has been fun about Peter and the Wolf is that the artists with the vision–Mike and I–are also the artists making and performing everything as much as possible. This is part of what makes our show so special. Our vision for the work as designers and performers is clear because it is our own. And that means we have a lot more control over the experience our audiences will have in making sure our art is affective. Strauss did leave us with motifs that repeat throughout the piece to help guide us. We hear these motifs right at the opening with the violin playing a “once upon a time” theme, and the horn playing the now famous theme of Till himself. Plus watch out for the clarinet’s “laughter” as Till causes trouble. Before the premiere Strauss wrote, “I really cannot provide a program for Any words into which I might put the thoughts that the several incidents suggested to me would hardly suffice; they might even offend. Let me leave it, therefore, to my listeners to crack the hard nut the Rogue has offered them. By way of helping them to a better understanding, it seems enough to point out the two Eulenspiegel motifs which, in the most diverse disguises, moods, and situations, pervade the whole up to the catastrophe when, after being condemned to death, Till is strung up on the gibbet. For the rest, let them guess at the musical joke a Rogue has offered them.” Jessica: I can talk for pages about why I love the stories, but the real answer is that they are simply wonderful pieces of music. As much as we are excited about collaboration and multimedia (and the stories themselves), it still has to start with great basics, with a great foundation off which we can build. All of the effects and power of one the multimedia art mirrors and amplifies what we should already be hearing and feeling in the music and the original story. That is what will make it so effective. Each piece has been different because each collaboration is different. What has been fun about Peter and the Wolf is that the artists with the vision–Mike and I–are also the artists making and performing everything as much as possible. This is part of what makes our show so special. Our vision for the work as designers and performers is clear because it is our own. And that means we have a lot more control over the experience our audiences will have in making sure our art is affective. Imagine with Friends Show! How do YOU think about art? Chamber Music with Friends challenges our audience to explore the creative process from the perspective of the composer in a concert of original music at 7:30PM on Saturday, May 14th. Imagine with Friends will be performed at Trinity Wellsprings Chapel in Satellite Beach, 638 S. Patrick Drive, 32937. This show brings composers,