Kicking and Screaming

Eric Moe (piano), Rachel Rudich (flute), Alex Karis (piano), Eric Moe (keyboard sampler), Speculum Musicae, Donald Palma

Catalog #: TROY0597
Release Date: July 1, 2003
Format: Digital
Chamber

Eric Moe, composer of what the New York Times calls "music of winning exuberance," was educated at the University of California at Berkeley and at Princeton University. He is currently Professor of Composition and Theory at the University of Pittsburgh, where he directs the graduate program in composition and the department's electro acoustic music studio. As a pianist and keyboard player, Moe has performed works by hundreds of composers from Anthony Davis to Stefan Wolpe. A founding member of the San Francisco based EARPLAY ensemble, he currently co-directs the Music on the Edge new music concert series in Pittsburgh.

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Track Listing

Title Composer Performer
Three Ways to Relieve Tension Eric Moe Eric Moe, piano
Dead Elf Tugboat Eric Moe Rachel Rudich, flute, Eric Moe, keyboard sampler
Grande Etude Brilliante Eric Moe Eric Moe, piano
Where Branched Thoughts Murmur in the Wind Eric Moe Eric Moe, piano
Dance of the Honey Monkey Eric Moe Eric Moe, piano
Nocturne Eric Moe Eric Moe, piano
Fled Is That Music Eric Moe Rachel Rudich, flute, Eric Moe, keyboard sampler
Kicking and Screaming Eric Moe Alex Karis, piano, Speculum Musicae, Donald Palma, conductor

Reviews

  • "...I appreciate...and unqualifiedly recommend.."

    – Fanfare

  • "[Eric Moe] has...a keenly ironic sense of humor, a knack for finding genuine inspiration in the most banal of sources and a palpable love of pop culture..."

    – The Gramophone

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