Field Guide to the Moon

shakuhachi and cello (2023)

premiere: April 25, 2023
SUNY New Paltz Davenport Composer-in-Residence Concert
Elizabeth Brown Shakuhachi; Michael Haas, cello

duration: 8’


program note

1. Telescope
2. Sleepwalking
3. Topography
4. Satellite

Field Guide to the Moon is a group of brief stream-of-consciousness pieces played without pause. It is dedicated to the memory of Renate Heller, who explored all the oceans of the world with wonder.