The House of Dust: Part 01: 08 text by Conrad Aiken The white fog creeps from the cold sea over the city, Over the pale grey tumbled towers– And settles among the roofs, the pale grey walls. Along damp sinuous streets it crawls, Curls like a dream among the motionless trees And seems to freeze.
presents the
Composition Studio Recital Students of Clifton Callender, Eren Gümrükçüoğlu, and Liliya Ugay
The fog slips ghostlike into a thousand rooms, Whirls over sleeping faces, Spins in an atomy dance round misty street lamps; And blows in cloudy waves over open spaces . . .
Sunday, November 16, 2025 7:30 p.m. Lindsay Recital Hall
PROGRAM
And one from his high window, looking down, Peers at the cloud-white town, And thinks its island towers are like a dream . . . It seems an enormous sleeper, within whose brain Laborious shadows revolve and break and gleam.
Permutation Preludes (2025) I. Pastorale
This trio was written in collaboration with two fellow composer friends, each of us creating a piece inspired by the same poem, to be performed by ourselves. The piece is centered around the pitch B, depicting the image of fog creeping in and enveloping the city. The first two stanzas evoke a bleak and chilly atmosphere, while the third shifts to a distant, dreamlike perspective – it feels both detached and quietly resigned, as if we are brought back in reality yet remain suspended between worlds. I am grateful to my friends for sharing this creative journey and bringing this performance to life together. – March Jeongmin Seok
As someone who greatly admires city infrastructure, this poem immediately caught my attention as our group was reading through texts. Striking, haunting, and at the same time beautiful as it describes a fog encompassing a large city horizon. Coming from close proximity of New York City, I can only imagine what the sight must be from a high up the window “looking down.”
Immersed in Color (2025)
Five Preludes for Piano (2025)
Jake S. Jordan, piano
Hayden John, piano
Fernando Garcia, piano
Piano Etude No. 1 “Dokkaebi: Dance of the Goblins” (2025) Seunghye Park, piano
Brian Junttila (b. 1997)
Hayden John (b. 2002)
Gabriel Nair (b. 2007)
Seunghye Park (b. 1999)
– Sergio Ramirez Guerrero Gatitas (2025) The name for this piece (Shimmer Chaser) originates from its chaotic nature and its treatment of its simple main motif, a sequence of four notes. This motif is developed by widening its intervals and employing stretto, distorting the theme as if it were viewed through a light-bending medium, such as a body of water or a magnifying glass. – Lee Anderson
Raúl Parra, Llanera harp
Raúl Parra (b. 2004)
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