The Music
Fragments, Jordan Nobles
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Orbiting in the Asteroid Belt between Mars and Jupiter are multifarious objects ranging in size from dwarf planets down to dust particles. Once thought to be remnants of a destroyed planet, these asteroids inspired Jordan Nobles’ piano miniatures Fragments. In a nod to serialism, the pieces all employ the same 60-note sequence, but cycle through the twelve major keys instead of the twelve notes of the chromatic. From this set of a dozen miniatures, to be performed in any number, in any order, five were extracted for the Cosmophony project. Each piece is named after a real asteroid. | ||
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JORDAN NOBLES has worked as an award-winning composer, performer, and producer for over twenty years. His piece Still Life was chosen to represent Canada at the International Society for Contemporary Music’s 2009 World Music Days in Sweden. His music has been performed in festivals such as Sound Symposium, Vancouver New Music Festival, and the Bang On A Can Summer Music Festival, and by ensembles such as Motion Ensemble, the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, the Victoria Symphony, the Kammerchor CONSONO, the Vancouver Bach Choir, ArrayMusic, Nu:BC Ensemble, Standing Wave, the Ad Mare Wind Quintet, 4 Gallon Drum, musica intima, CONTACT Contemporary Music, and the Vancouver Chamber Choir. |
