Paul Dooley

Dani's Dance

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Premier:
Midwest Composers Symposium
February 9, 2008
University of Iowa
Jean-hee Lee, violin
Jeremy Crosmer, cello
Ayako Hattori, piano

Duration:
10 minutes

Instrumentation:
violin, cello, piano


Performances:

11/28/2008	Sterns Cady Room, University of Michigan 8:00 PM Chamber Recital / Jean-hee Lee, violin; Jeremy Crosmer, cello; Rajung Yang, piano
09/14/2008	First Church in Boston, MA Juventas New Music Ensemble / Alexa Schmitz, violin; Brandon Brooks, cello; Michael Sakir, cello
09/13/2008	Green Street Studios, Cambridge, MA 8:00 PM Juventas New Music Ensemble / Alexa Schmitz, violin; Brandon Brooks, cello; Michael Sakir, cello
09/12/2008	Seully Hall, Boston Conservatory, 8:00 PM Juventas New Music Ensemble / Alexa Schmitz, violin; Brandon Brooks, cello; Michael Sakir, cello
05/28/2008	Beall Concert Hall, University of Oregon Eugene Contemporary Chamber Ensemble
04/19/2008	Arlington Street Church, Boston, MA Juventas New Music Ensemble / Alexa Schmitz, violin; Brandon Brooks, cello; Michael Sakir, cello
02/09/2008	Clapp Recital Hall, University of Iowa Midwest Composers Symposium / Jean-hee Lee, violin; Jeremy Crosmer, cello; Ayako Hattori, piano
02/03/2008	Britton Recital Hall, University of Michigan Composer Forum / Jean-hee Lee, violin; Jeremy Crosmer, cello; Ayako Hattori, piano

Program Notes:

My mother, Danielle Dugre, often goes by Dani. With encouragement from a friend to compose a piano trio, I decided to write a virtuosic and dancelike one movement piece about my mother's character. A sense of adventure in the development and variations on the opening motive reflects her love for travel and interest in foreign places. Having the opening motive in solo violin seemed fitting given the analog to the image of the perpetually traveling fiddler. Melodic doublings at the 5th in the slow section create a medieval sound, representing her interest in ancient customs and cultures. I picture her enjoying the company of, and feasting with, new friends in foreign lands.

In 2008, Dani's Dance was awarded an ASCAP Morten Gould Young Composer Award. It has been performed by the Juventas New Music Ensemble, the Eugene Contemporary Ensemble, and at the Midwest Composers Symposium and University of Michigan.