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Hello Princeton Faculty!

Welcome to my portfolio! Below you'll find a collection of some of my recent pieces, each with suggested excerpts that will give you a taste of each piece. If you'd like to listen further, the full recording is also provided.

1.

Rew(ire)d (2024)

excerpt:

full recording:

for two flutes and fixed electronics

duration: c. 10' 20"​

click here for the score 

about: This piece is about the suppression of ire, or anger. 

rew(ire)d excerpt
00:00 / 02:06

from rehearsal D on score pg. 7

rew(ire)d performance recording
00:00 / 10:24

2.

His Last Ballet (2023)

full recording:

For alto saxophone and orchestra [2.2.2.2.  4.2.3.1]

duration: c. 12' 30"

about: This piece was inspired by Ross Gay's poem Marionette

 

click here for the score 

His Last Ballet full recording
00:00 / 12:13

excerpts:

from beginning

His Last Ballet excerpt 1
00:00 / 03:10
His Last Ballet excerpt 2
00:00 / 00:58

from score pg. 29

3. Bombshell (2022)

For string octet and pre-recorded electronics

duration: c. 12' 30" 

click here for the score 

about:

​Hedy Lamarr (1914-2000), often referred to as “the most beautiful woman in film”, was one of the most popular actresses of the 1940s and 50s. Few are aware however, that though she received no formal training, she was also an inventor. Among her inventions was a radio guidance system for American torpedoes that used spread spectrum and frequency hopping technologies in order to avoid being jammed by enemy frequencies. As a woman in possession of intellectual gifts that were never recognized, she often referred to her beauty as her “curse”.

 

The electronic track in this piece is made up entirely of clips of a 1969 interview of Hedy Lamarr on the Merv Griffin show alongside Woody Allen, Leslie Uggams and Moms Mabley. I created the video using clips from her 1947 film "Dishonored Lady". ​​

excerpt 1:

excerpt 2:

full video:
(uploaded and YouTube)

4. Elephant Candy (2023)

excerpt:

from m.71 on score pg. 11

Elephant Candy excerpt
00:00 / 02:28
Elephant Candy full recording
00:00 / 09:42

for clarinet, violin, cello and prepared piano

duration: c. 9' 30"

about:

inspired by Gertrude Stein's poem "A Sound"

click here for the score 

full recording:

extra!  

Here's another one in case you have time!

milk tooth (2022)

for string quartet (also playing toy percussion)

duration c. 22'30"

I. summer air

II. strawberry stains (6:00)

III. deciduous (12:09)

IV. empty glass bottles (17:15)

*new recording since previous application

click here for the score

about:

Milk teeth, also known as a deciduous teeth, are the teeth that we loose as children. This piece was inspired by nostalgia for childhood, the pain of growing, and this poem by Keaton St. James. 

Thanks for listening!

© 2016-2024 by Elise Arancio. All rights reserved. 

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