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Riders to the Sea

Description: Riders to the Sea is a chamber opera in one act of approximately 40 minutes in duration. The single act is divided into six scenes that progress without pause. The vocal parts are comprised of 2 sopranos, 1 mezzo-soprano, 1 baritone, and an off-stage chorus of men's voices (tenor I, tenor II, baritone, and bass; two per part). The orchestra will be comprised of winds (1-1-1-1-1), brass (2-2-1-1), strings (2-2-2-2-1), piano, 2 percussionists, and tape, that will be used to provide a continuous b… more
Date: December 1993
Creator: Carson, Michael, 1959-
Partner: UNT Libraries
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Watership Down

Description: Watership Down is a work for chamber orchestra in four movements, approximately sixteen minutes in duration. The piece is a programmatic work based on the novel Watership Down by Richard Adams; however, the musical action is not intended to be an aural narrative of the story but, rather, is meant to capture the general mood of the four sections of the novel. The work exhibits the influence of several styles of late nineteenth-century and early twentieth-century music with the symphonic poem bei… more
Date: August 1987
Creator: Carson, Michael, 1959-
Partner: UNT Libraries

Ensemble: 1986-10-14 - Spectrum 1

Description: Spectrum recital performed at the UNT College of Music Concert Hall.
Date: October 14, 1986
Duration: 42 minutes 38 seconds
Creator: Carson, Michael; Carr, Richard E., Jr.; Griffith Glenn; Leung, Chi Cheung; Wilks, Robert & Rudnik, Isi
Partner: UNT Music Library
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