AND SO IT BEGINS
Debra Kaye
Classical
RR7899
Release Date: October 14, 2014

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Martha McGaughey, treble viol; Jeanne Dorche, tenor viol; Carlene Stober, bass viol; Amy Kimball, violin & ankle bell; Arthur Cook, cello; Marcia Eckert, piano; Lynn Bechtold, violin; Javier Oviedo, alto & tenor saxophone; Elizabeth Wolff, piano; Haim Avitsur, trombone; Entela Barci, viola; Garo Yellin, cello; Frank Wagner, double bass; Charles Coleman, conductor


Composer Debra Kaye's debut Ravello Records release, AND SO IT BEGINS, catapults the listener into her deep universe of sound - an expedition down one New York City street and up another, through the warp and weft of interior landscapes, to Taos Mountain, on a journey through a dream, a dying, a love - as she blends her classical roots with traces of jazz, pop, world music, the pulse of city rhythms, and the expansiveness of spacious landscapes.

In Finding Accord, the 3-way conversation goes in and out of agreement in a tête-à-tête of musical opposites as the composer creates new timbres for the piano trio using prepared piano techniques and percussive accents of an ankle bell. Incidental Ducklings brings quacking ducks to life through Kaye's playful wit and irony. Béla Fleck meets Schubert in Africa in The Doppelganger as Kaye explores the colors of the trombone, while The Beauty Way and Visions bring us the light, the air, the magic of Taos NM.

Holding degrees from Mannes College of Music and New York University, Kaye is on the faculty of the Mannes College Preparatory Division. She has served as Executive Director of the NY Composers Circle and President of the Howland Chamber Music Circle in Beacon NY.










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