String Quartet Smackdown V

by Golden Hornet

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1.	Jamie Hopkings - Hover Slam 04:08	buy track
2.	Kay He - Flaming Colors 03:21	buy track
3.	Miguel Del Aguila - Presto II 05:10	buy track
4.	Niloufar Iravani - Energetic 03:53	buy track
5.	Gonzalo Varela - Como Animales 03:02	buy track
6.	John Mills - Polarities 04:25	buy track
7.	Esther Perez Soriano - Eneagrama(s) 04:19	buy track
8.	Reza Vali - Calligraphy No. 3 (Aksak) 03:50	buy track
9.	Sato Matsui - Free and So Thankful 03:20	buy track
10.	Jiyoung Chung - Arirang Fantasie 06:44	buy track
11.	Ana Paola Santillan Alcocer - Kaleidoscopic Vectors 04:27	buy track
12.	Coreen Morsink - Stolen Glimpses of Eternity 05:09	buy track
13.	Felipe Perez Santiago - El Ansia 03:52	buy track
14.	Stephanie Hamelin Tomala - The Last Dance 03:38	buy track
15.	Fred Onovwerosuoke - Fanfare 04:16	buy track

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Golden Hornet's String Quartet Smackdown is a bracketed, NCAA basketball tournament style competition which brings original string quartet compositions head-to-dead in front of a live, participatory audience.

This album is comprised of the sixteen quartets that were selected as finalists for the fifth annual concert, held in February 2019. The audience determined Stephanie Hamelin Tomala as the champion, and all finalists received studio recordings of their works.

Entrance and participation in String Quartet Smackdown is totally free and open. Purchases of this album support the continued realization of this program which supports emerging composers from diverse backgrounds worldwide.

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released October 13, 2019

Produced by:
Graham Reynolds & Golden Hornet

Curated by:
Graham Reynolds, Eun Lee, Maja S.K. Ratkje, and Erdem Helvagioglu

Recorded by:
Buzz Moran at Red House Studios

Edited, Engineered, Mixed, and Mastered by:
Nick Montopoli

Performed by:
Invoke (Nick Montopoli, Violin | Karl Mitze, Viola | Zachariah Matteson, Violin | Geoff Manyin, Cello)

Music by:
Kay He | Flaming Colors
Miguel Del Aguila | Presto II
Niloufar Iravani | Energetic
Gonzalo Varela | Como Animales
John Mills | Polarities
Esther Perez Soriano | Eneagrama(s)
Reza Vali | Calligraphy No. 3 (Aksak)
Sato Matsui | Free and So Thankful
Andersen Viana | String Quartet No. 2
Jiyoun Chung | Arirang Fantasie
Ana Paola Santillan Alcocer | Kaleidoscopic Vectors
Jamie Hopkings | Hover Slam
Coreen Morsink | Stolen Glimpses of Eternity
Felipe Perez Santiago | El Ansia
Stephanie Hamelin Tomala | The Last Dance
Fred Onovwerosuoke | Fanfare

Management: David Lobel, Lobel Arts Associates
Smackdown Art Design: Blake Trabulsi
Art Layout for Bandcamp: Kate Murray

Drawing on the collaborative spirit of rock bands and the composer-led nature of classical music, Golden Hornet is an Austin, TX based non-profit which commissions new music, fosters young and emerging composer, and presents adventurous works in non-traditional settings. Learn more at www.goldenhornet.org.

Artistic Director – Graham Reynolds
Managing Director – Kate Murray

For more information about String Quartet Smackdown, or learn how you can submit a composition, visit www.stringquartetsmackdown.com

℗ & ⓒ Golden Hornet and the respective composers, 2019. All Rights Reserved.

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Golden Hornet is a non-profit which commissions new music, fosters young and emerging composers, and presents adventurous works in non-traditional settings. Led by Artistic Director Graham Reynolds and Managing Director Kate Murray. All purchases support our programming. ... more

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