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SHEETCAKE - for Five Pianos 

SHEETCAKE FOR FIVE PIANOS - 

ACTUALLY FOUR PIANOS PLUS TOY PIANO & ELECTRIC BASS

 subtitled HOW I FEEL - inspired by Tina Fey, Beckett's "From an Abandoned Work"

and by America, or whatever America seems to be or mean nowadays -

WORLD PREMIERE - MAY 7, 2024 - Cal Poly Pomona

Performed by Nadia Shpachenko & the Collaborative Piano Ensemble

2nd Cal Poly performance - November 26, 2024

San Diego Performance - Palomar College - April 24, 2025

3rd Cal Poly performance - May 6, 2025 - rehearsal photo here

** FILM/MUSIC VIDEO - COMING SOON

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SHEETCAKE in performance - clockwise - Katie Bernardoni (toy piano), Nadia Shpachenko, Edmund Banuelos, Evan Huang, Aiden Perry (Bass), Marina Zhang
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   SHEETCAKE was originally composed for one and then quickly revised for two pianos -  
  it has since expanded instrumentally for the world premiere -  the video below is of the two piano/demo version -  

a sequel to Fats November

SHEETCAKE was in many ways inspired by Tina Fey's thoughts on sheetcake - see video here - 

Nadia Shpachenko, on hearing that version, asked me to revise it once again

for her students at Cal Poly Pomona - leading to:

** SHEETCAKE  - REVISED FOR FIVE PIANOS
 - ACTUALLY FOUR PIANOS PLUS TOY PIANO & ELECTRIC BASS - 
PREMIERED AT CAL POLY POMONA ON MAY 7, 2024

WITH FOLLOW-UP PERFORMANCES IN NOVEMBER, 2024
CULMINATING WITH PERFORMANCES IN APRIL & MAY, 2025 - 
THE MUSIC VIDEO/FILM AND THE REVISED SCORE OF THAT VERSION
WILL BE UPLOADED SOON - - 

​xxxUnless otherwise noted, all words & music © Michael Roth/Michael Roth Publishing (ASCAP); all rights reservedxxx 

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