BREAKING NEWS!
The Seer has won the prestigious 2020 Sousa-ABA-Ostwald Award
of The American Bandmasters Association.
The work will be performed by the United States Marine Band,
under the direction of Col. Jason K. Fettig,
at the 2022 American Bandmasters Association Convention in Indianapolis, IN.
The Seer has won the prestigious 2020 Sousa-ABA-Ostwald Award
of The American Bandmasters Association.
The work will be performed by the United States Marine Band,
under the direction of Col. Jason K. Fettig,
at the 2022 American Bandmasters Association Convention in Indianapolis, IN.
THE SEER for Vocalist and Symphony Band was commissioned by Michael Haithcock for Scott Piper and the University of Michigan Symphony Band.
A “Seer” is one who, through supernatural insight, can see what the future holds, and see through to unseen truths.
Who is the seer? What does the seer see?
“…I’m sitting here in the center of my house this quiet morning. Through the windows, in the outer corners of my eyes, I can see full moon setting on my left and new sun rising on my right. Both gloriously happening now, however, I can only see one or the other if I turn my head. Can’t see both simultaneously. I sit here trying to sum it all up, and see it all at once, but I can’t. There’s a lesson here somewhere in between. The difference between sleeping dreams and waking dreams is difficult to explain…“
This musical mandala weaves together many disparate strands of creative inspiration – i.e., the work of Langston Hughes and Rainer Maria Rilke, Nina Simone, Howlin’ Wolf, Killing Joke, Lee “Scratch” Perry, Rod Serling, Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey, the stories of Parsifal and Ulysses. As much as possible, I let the subconscious lead, as my conscious mind struggled to render dream dictation into a linear language that might resonate with another. In this liminal state, in between both and neither, the answers lie.
live sound by Roger Arnett, recorded and filmed by Dave Schall and Cory Robinson (www.daveschallacoustic.com)
Poetry by Langston Hughes is used with the kind cooperation of the Estate of Langston Hughes.
World Premiere - March 15, 2019 - "Fire and Ice" - Hill Auditorium University of Michigan Ann Arbor, MI
1. Lonely Nocturne 00:00
2. Circles 03:26
3. Beale Street 06:18
4. Final Sonnet to Orpheus (by Ranier Maria Rilke) 08:17
5. Not What Was 10:53
6. Call to Creation 15:18
7. Fire 17:18
8. Moan 20:19
9. Island 23:27
A “Seer” is one who, through supernatural insight, can see what the future holds, and see through to unseen truths.
Who is the seer? What does the seer see?
“…I’m sitting here in the center of my house this quiet morning. Through the windows, in the outer corners of my eyes, I can see full moon setting on my left and new sun rising on my right. Both gloriously happening now, however, I can only see one or the other if I turn my head. Can’t see both simultaneously. I sit here trying to sum it all up, and see it all at once, but I can’t. There’s a lesson here somewhere in between. The difference between sleeping dreams and waking dreams is difficult to explain…“
This musical mandala weaves together many disparate strands of creative inspiration – i.e., the work of Langston Hughes and Rainer Maria Rilke, Nina Simone, Howlin’ Wolf, Killing Joke, Lee “Scratch” Perry, Rod Serling, Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey, the stories of Parsifal and Ulysses. As much as possible, I let the subconscious lead, as my conscious mind struggled to render dream dictation into a linear language that might resonate with another. In this liminal state, in between both and neither, the answers lie.
live sound by Roger Arnett, recorded and filmed by Dave Schall and Cory Robinson (www.daveschallacoustic.com)
Poetry by Langston Hughes is used with the kind cooperation of the Estate of Langston Hughes.
World Premiere - March 15, 2019 - "Fire and Ice" - Hill Auditorium University of Michigan Ann Arbor, MI
1. Lonely Nocturne 00:00
2. Circles 03:26
3. Beale Street 06:18
4. Final Sonnet to Orpheus (by Ranier Maria Rilke) 08:17
5. Not What Was 10:53
6. Call to Creation 15:18
7. Fire 17:18
8. Moan 20:19
9. Island 23:27
Interview with Michael Haithcock, Scott Piper, and Erik Santos
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Interested to perform THE SEER?
Please inquire at eriksantosmusic@gmail.com.
Please inquire at eriksantosmusic@gmail.com.