Checkered Shade

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The patterned pen-and-ink abstrac­tions of Astrid Bowlby—and by asso­ci­a­tion, the work of Edward Gorey—inspired the textures of Check­ered Shade.

The piece is struc­tured as a gradual zoom outward; tiny frag­ments of repeated material resolve into larger patterns, which, at the urging of the violin, even­tu­ally coalesce into an expres­sive chorale.

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38 pages, 9x12 format. Includes full score and 6 parts. Score Samples (click to zoom):