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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
SHEETCAKE in performance - clockwise - Katie Bernardoni (toy piano), Nadia Shpachenko, Edmund Banuelos, Evan Huang, Aiden Perry (Bass), Marina Zhang
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 -
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 - -
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