Doolittle Emily: Gannetry
for solo clarinet (any clarinet, or multiple clarinets) and looper or recording device (CLT)
Doolittle Emily: Gannetry
for solo clarinet (any clarinet, or multiple clarinets) and looper or recording device (CLT)
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Gannetry (2021) is a graphically notated work for clarinet and live electronics, based on the sound world of a gannet colony. I’m fascinated by the rich interweaving of guttural sounds as tens of thousands of gannets nest, spar, soar, and dive. This piece was composed in tandem with Dawn Wood’s writing of her poem Gannet Rock, with my ideas for the piece helping shape her poem, and vice versa. Piece and poem can be performed separately, or interwoven in performance. Gannetry was commissioned by Ruta Vitkauskaite and the Modern Chants project for clarinetist Jo Nicholson, with funding from Creative Scotland and the PRS Foundation. It was chosen as the Scottish selection for ISCM World Music Days in Portugal in 2025.
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