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Sam Wells

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    • Oct 31, 2024 Seething Field (2024)
    • Apr 7, 2024 Invisible Museum (2024)
    • Feb 16, 2024 Aurascope (2024)
    • Nov 6, 2023 Glass Mountain (2023)
    • Jun 29, 2023 Now Time is Made Sound (2023)
    • Apr 19, 2023 The Blue of Time (2023)
    • Mar 17, 2023 The Night of the Falling Stars (2023)
    • May 22, 2022 The Road and the Stars (2022)
    • May 21, 2022 Through the dust... (2022)
    • Mar 12, 2022 The Cottonwood Florilegium (2022)
    • Dec 3, 2021 The Fig and The Wasp (2021)
    • Dec 3, 2021 Loom Telling (2021)
    • Feb 9, 2021 polymyth № 645 (2021)
    • Nov 19, 2020 mimenrosp (2020)
    • Aug 1, 2020 a moment indicative of a possibility (2020)
    • Jul 1, 2020 Four Winds (2020)
    • Apr 1, 2020 part and parcel (2020)
    • Sep 30, 2017 The Lacuna (2017)
    • Jun 13, 2017 Anamnesis (2017)
    • Mar 28, 2017 Paul (2017)
    • Jun 28, 2016 Light Is Like Water (2016)
    • Feb 5, 2016 The Leaf Has Turned to Stone (2016)
    • Apr 27, 2014 stringstrung (2014)
    • Apr 21, 2013 Leander's Swim (2013)
    • Dec 1, 2012 minong (2012)
    • Dec 1, 2010 Cameron (2010)
  • discography
    • Mar 8, 2024 Human Capital (2024)
    • Dec 22, 2023 Aurogeny (2023)
    • May 5, 2023 Havona (2023)
    • May 21, 2022 Through the dust... (2022)
    • Feb 11, 2022 #What2020SoundsLike (2022)
    • Nov 5, 2021 Memory Palace (2021)
    • Feb 14, 2020 Music from APNM (2020)
    • May 3, 2019 Spiritual America (2019)
    • Aug 3, 2018 Music from SEAMUS, vol. 27 (2018)
    • Nov 17, 2017 Decade Zero (2017)
    • Sep 8, 2017 Music from SEAMUS, vol. 26 (2017)
  • installations
    • Apr 7, 2024 Invisible Museum (2024)
    • Apr 16, 2021 Translucent Cartography [w/ Adam Vidiksis]
  • projects
    • Jun 30, 2024 SPLICE
    • Apr 8, 2024 Aeroidio
    • Mar 9, 2024 Miller/Vidiksis/Wells Trio
    • Nov 3, 2021 Scarp Records
  • software
    • Apr 8, 2024 Aeroidio
    • Apr 7, 2024 Invisible Museum (2024)
    • Feb 16, 2024 Aurascope (2024)
    • Dec 1, 2017 bw.tools
  • trumpet
    • Jun 30, 2024 SPLICE
    • Apr 8, 2024 Aeroidio
    • Mar 9, 2024 Miller/Vidiksis/Wells Trio
    • Mar 8, 2024 Human Capital (2024)
    • Dec 22, 2023 Aurogeny (2023)
    • Jun 29, 2023 Now Time is Made Sound (2023)
    • Mar 12, 2022 The Cottonwood Florilegium (2022)
    • Nov 5, 2021 Memory Palace (2021)
    • Jun 29, 2021 Cabinet by Sarah Belle Reid
    • Apr 16, 2021 Translucent Cartography [w/ Adam Vidiksis]
    • Feb 25, 2021 202102252300 [Reid & Wells]
    • Feb 25, 2021 25/02/21, part one [Miller, Vidiksis, & Wells]
    • Feb 9, 2021 polymyth № 645 (2021)
    • Jan 19, 2021 + ± [Biggs & Wells]
    • Dec 18, 2020 Steel and air, a mottled presence by Ryan Seward
    • Dec 15, 2020 Trainomorphosis by Anya Shatilova
    • Dec 15, 2020 Halogen by Jack Kraus
    • Dec 15, 2020 Additives by Aliya Ultan
    • Oct 28, 2020 High-Low II by Scott Miller
    • Jul 1, 2020 Four Winds (2020)
    • Jun 26, 2019 Ansible by Caroline Miller
    • Jun 26, 2019 Mutation (as the mark the noise leaves upon presence) by Robert Seaback
    • May 3, 2019 Spiritual America (2019)
    • Aug 3, 2018 Music from SEAMUS, vol. 27 (2018)
    • Nov 17, 2017 Decade Zero (2017)
    • Jun 19, 2017 Cross Pollination by Keith Kirchoff
    • Jun 16, 2017 ...the serpent – snapping eye by Roger Reynolds
    • Jun 28, 2016 Light Is Like Water (2016)
    • Feb 5, 2016 The Leaf Has Turned to Stone (2016)
    • Dec 1, 2012 minong (2012)
  • video
    • Nov 6, 2023 Glass Mountain (2023)
    • Jun 29, 2021 Cabinet by Sarah Belle Reid
    • Apr 27, 2021 Thethyscape by Ben Richter
    • Apr 16, 2021 Translucent Cartography [w/ Adam Vidiksis]
    • Feb 25, 2021 202102252300 [Reid & Wells]
    • Feb 25, 2021 25/02/21, part one [Miller, Vidiksis, & Wells]
    • Feb 9, 2021 polymyth № 645 (2021)
    • Jan 19, 2021 + ± [Biggs & Wells]
    • Dec 15, 2020 Halogen by Jack Kraus
    • Dec 15, 2020 Additives by Aliya Ultan
    • Nov 19, 2020 mimenrosp (2020)
    • Nov 19, 2020 Out of Focus by Alex Buck
    • Jul 1, 2020 Four Winds (2020)
    • Apr 27, 2014 stringstrung (2014)
    • Dec 1, 2012 minong (2012)
  • electronics 23
  • trumpet 18
  • Adam Vidiksis 17
  • collaboration 16
  • electroacoustic 9
  • Keith Kirchoff 8
  • SPLICE Ensemble 7
  • commission 7
  • improvisation 7
  • Scott L. Miller 6
  • SPLICE Institute 5
  • Scarp Records 5
  • Wesleyan 4
  • chamber music 4
  • drums 4
  • fixed media 4
  • Aeroidio 3
  • Chris Biggs 3
  • HOCKET 3
  • ensemble 3
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  • BEEP 2
  • Ben Richter 2
  • Metropolis Ensemble 2
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  • Sarah Belle Reid 2
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  • video 2
  • #What2020SoundsLike 1
  • APNM 1
  • Alex Buck 1
  • Aliya Ultan 1
  • Annalee Traylor 1
  • Anya Shatilova 1
  • Arcus Collective 1
  • Benjamin Wedeking 1
  • Blue Carbon Sound 1
  • Caroline Miller 1
  • Chamber Music America 1
  • Dana Jessen 1
  • Geoffrey Wood 1
  • Heard in LA 1
  • JFund 1
  • Jack Kraus 1
  • Jeonghyeon Joo 1
  • Josh Sobel 1
  • Kenken Gorder 1

The Night of the Falling Stars (2023)

March 17, 2023 in compositions

electronic score for dance production

75 minutes


info

Premiered at The Sharon Disney Lund Theatre at California Institute of the Arts March 2023.

Conceived, directed, and choreographed by Annalee Traylor

Created with and performed by: Gabe Salazar, Grace Major, Karolina Kwasniak, Steele Howell, and Nia Scovel

Sound Design: Drew Sensue-Weinstein

Composer: Sam Wells

Lighting Design: Jackson Funke

Costume Design: Ashley Kaye Snyder

Set Design: Yueye Zhang

Photography: Cheryl Mann Productions

program note

Night of the Falling Stars explores empathy, transcendence, and self-actualization through a mythological lens.

Source: https://www.annaleetraylor.com/night-of-th...
Tags: dance, electronics, collaboration, Annalee Traylor
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