Mesmera | "Front Porch" (violin, bassoon, percussion, and piano) | (2019)

"Mesmera"
for 'Front Porch' | violin, bassoon, percussion, and piano
Premiered and performed by and written for 'Front Porch'
Ben Jackson, violin
Maddy Wildman, bassoon
Jacob Rogers, percussion
Karalyn Schubring, piano
National Sawdust | Brooklyn, NY. | 7.28.19
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Mesmera is a fabricated word derived from “mesmerize” or “mesmerism. The hypnotic sound and timbre of the word lends itself well to both the music and the accompanying eponymous poem.
I feed the lifebreath
who worships the insidious
tender demons, but
I may worry as
all is not lost. Bless your ears,
I will look alive.