DELTA
For Solo Guitar

Commissioned by Dan Sumner and the Bloomington Classical Guitar Society
Funded in part by the American Music Center's Composer Assistance Program
Delta was premiered January 10th, 2009 in Bloomington, Indiana
At the John Waldron Arts Center by guitarist Dan Sumner

A three movement work inspired in part by the natural life of southern Louisiana.
The third movement utilizes a recording of crickets made by the composer as a backdrop for the guitar performance.

Delta consists of three movements: a slow free associative introductory movement that explores triads generated from a two bar melody (appearing in the bass) and its harmonic relationship to the triads, a second rock influenced movement in 5/4, and a mysterious third movement where chords informed by rural blues are accompanied by a thick prerecorded texture of cicadas and crickets.

Delta - First Movement (score excerpt)
Delta - Second Movement (score excerpt)
Listen to Delta's Third Movement (Dan Sumner guitarist) Delta (Third Movement)

$10 includes pdf score and an mp3 of the crickets recording.
Once payment is received, you will be contacted by email with a link to the pdfs and mp3.

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