Polyethnic Mosaic was the title of the concert presentation of selected works by the students of the Codarts minor World music composition in practice 2012-2013.

This minor is taught and was developed by Oscar van Dillen.

Below you will find the full program presented at the concert of 14 May 2013:

Cross Point

A small piece based on non-western rhythms from the middle east and Ghana. The cross point is how these rhythms react to each other, making a conversation between them.

composition by Jan Kuhr

Gabriele Petracco – woodblocks
Julien Moussiegt – tom toms
Jacobus Thiele – congas
Ruven Ruppik – bongos

Vilap

Indian music inspired piece with a North Indian structure in 3 parts: slow voice improvisation, medium theme, fast flute improvisation, then tihai.

composition by Alex van Salen

Alex van Salen – guitar
Shalini Bholasing – vocal
Floor Polder – flute
Jacobus Thiele – framedrum

2 Miniatures

These two short pieces are a study of timbres of piano and bağlama

composition by Anahid Khatcheressian

Anahid Khatcheressian – piano
Eren Aksahin – Bağlama

The Monster

For 2 bass guitars.

composition by Rafael Palacios Ugalde

Rafael Palacios Ugalde – bass
Fred Jacobsson – bass

Voksende Væsen

“Voksende Væsen” which means “Growing Creature” is a piece that finds its origin in coincidence, from which structure has been derived. It is a growing piece consisting of many loops performed live.

composition by Birgit de Priester

Birgit de Priester – vocals, loopstation
Morten Brogaard – drumpad

Night Skies

A piece based on different vocal rhythms. These start together and evolve more and more into different rhythms towards a climax in the end; all arranged in a poppy, semi-classical way. The texts sung are from a poem by Edgar Allan Poe.

composition by Maartje Dekker

Maartje Dekker – vocals
Sophie Reekers – Vocals
Birgit de Priester – Vocals

The time we share

The piece is inspired by Steve Reich’s Clapping music and is originally written to be a guitar/bass guitar duet. It works also on piano and other instruments.

composition by Fred Jacobsson/Jacobus Thiele

Fred Jacobsson – piano
Jacobus Thiele – piano

The guitar/bass guitar version can be found here:

Aart Strootman – guitar
Fred Jacobsson- bass guitar

Sir Adanah Hypiru

A composition inspired by the North Indian raga Puriya Dhanashri, using the basic melodic outline as rhythmical structure.

composition by Jacobus Thiele

Rutger Woudenberg – trumpet
Fred Jacobsson – bass
Jacobus Thiele – cajon, darbuka, framedrum, cymbals

Amanacer

Amanacer is inspired by Indian music and mixed with jazz/rock elements; it is the portrait of a sunrise, starting a new day.

composition by David Garcia Garcia

David Garcia Garcia – guitar
Rafael Palacios Ugalde – bass
Jacobus Thiele – percussion
Juri Schewe – drums