Event Detail

Dissertation recital by Alex Taylor featuring four new works:

Obtuse Strategies (2023), for solo piano
Agee Songs (2023), for voice and piano 
A Handful of False Starts and Dead Ends (2020), for octet
Interviews (2024), for large ensemble

This recital is a culmination of the compositional work I have done during my time at UCSD, and involves a large number of treasured collaborators, including Henry Wong Doe, Susan Narucki, Steven Schick, and Kyle Adam Blair. The concert will feature the premiere of Interviews, a substantial new work for instruments and voices, drawing on recorded interviews with my mother, and exploring issues of memory, identity, and family.