emojicons (2018)

Commission: Departure Duo

Instrumentation: soprano, double bass

Duration: 11 minutes

Program Information:
emojicons is a portmanteau of the words emoji and emoticon, which is a pictorial representation of facial expressions to express a person’s feelings of mood. In emojicons, each movement is an interpretation of an Android 6.0.1 emoji.

I. 😰 In cold sweat
II. 😒 Unimpressed
III. 😫 Constipated
IV. 😵 Entranced

Premiere: March 29 2018 | Departure Duo | Dancz Center, Athens, GA

Performance: April 12 2018 | Departure Duo | Outpost 186, Cambridge, MA
April 13 2018 | Departure Duo | Scholes Street Studio, Brooklyn, NY
October 15 2018 | Departure Duo | Outpost 186, Cambridge, MA
October 16 2018 | Departure Duo | Radio Bean, Burlington, VT
October 18 2018 | Departure Duo | Greenpoint Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
October 19 2018 | Departure Duo | Scholes Street Studio, Brooklyn, NY
October 21 2018 | Departure Duo | Red Room, Baltimore, MD
January 26 2019 | Departure Duo | Craft in America Center, Los Angeles, CA
January 30 2019 | Departure Duo | House Concert, San Diego, CA
February 2 2019 | Departure Duo | Eric Fischl Gallery, Phoenix, AZ
October 11 2019 | Departure Duo | Turtle Swamp Brewery, Jamaica Plain MA
April 24 2022 | Departure Duo | Indexical, Tannery Arts Center, Santa Cruz, CA
May 1 2022 | Departure Duo | Center for New Music, San Francisco, CA