Composer Joseph C. Phillips, Jr., has written music for various combinations of instruments, but many of his major statements have involved the chamber ensemble Numinous, which he founded in 2003. The ensemble has a small group of heterogeneous instruments at its core but can expand as needed into larger groups. That's what happens with The Grey Land, a work that Phillips terms a "monopera." The word has also been used for Poulenc's La voix humaine, describing a dramatic work with a single singer, and that's what The Grey ...
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Composer Joseph C. Phillips, Jr., has written music for various combinations of instruments, but many of his major statements have involved the chamber ensemble Numinous, which he founded in 2003. The ensemble has a small group of heterogeneous instruments at its core but can expand as needed into larger groups. That's what happens with The Grey Land, a work that Phillips terms a "monopera." The word has also been used for Poulenc's La voix humaine, describing a dramatic work with a single singer, and that's what The Grey Land is at root; it represents an African American mother, mourning victims of violence by police and elsewhere in American history. However, Phillips' structure also includes a narrator (The Son), plus instrumental pieces of various kinds, growing out of the Numinous nucleus. There are four guitarists who play both electric and acoustic instruments, a pair of keyboardists, and a harpist. The medium and structure are unique. The group plays instrumental movements in various...
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