FRANK STEMPER, COMPOSER
Confluence (2013)
for soprano, flute, clarinet, bass clarinet, string quartet, and percussion [6 mins.]
Commissioned by the Office of the Chancellor (Rita Cheng) SIUC;
Premiered 7 October 2013 by Mødérnë in Changchen, CHINA.
Opus 75 — A.S.C.A.P. work I.D. 886040672
SCORE
Premiered 7 October 2013 by Mødérnë in Changchen, CHINA.
Opus 75 — A.S.C.A.P. work I.D. 886040672
SCORE
PROGRAM NOTES:
The inspiration for CONFLUENCE is the very ideal which it honors — Higher Education. As I understand it, the goal of the academy is to seek and disseminate knowledge, and this dual initiative is nothing less than that on which the future of the world and the human species depends. No more, no less. While ignorance and greed have been consistent partners in bringing down mankind, enlightenment offers hope for our potential to come.
Just as single brooks and streams come together to create enormous rivers, which then feed into the seas, the creative research by diverse yet common bonded scholars units within the academy in order to expand the body of human knowledge, thus, ensure our future. Transferring that scholarly bounty to humanity’s greatest resource, the young, completes the cycle of the academy, as new scholars carry on this vital search for enlightenment.
The inspiration for CONFLUENCE is the very ideal which it honors — Higher Education. As I understand it, the goal of the academy is to seek and disseminate knowledge, and this dual initiative is nothing less than that on which the future of the world and the human species depends. No more, no less. While ignorance and greed have been consistent partners in bringing down mankind, enlightenment offers hope for our potential to come.
Just as single brooks and streams come together to create enormous rivers, which then feed into the seas, the creative research by diverse yet common bonded scholars units within the academy in order to expand the body of human knowledge, thus, ensure our future. Transferring that scholarly bounty to humanity’s greatest resource, the young, completes the cycle of the academy, as new scholars carry on this vital search for enlightenment.