In a musical style strongly influenced by (and occasionally parodying) American popular music, the subtitle “Baroque” may seem a puzzle at first. It is also the key to Pann’s approach in composing for...
A commission from the Wozniak Duo (Lois Hicks-Wozniak; saxophone; and Matthew Wozniak; bass trombone) led the composer to fashion a two-movement synthesis of this dynamic couple. The movements ('Lyric...
Following their world premiere; The Heare Ensemble proclaimed: 'Melodies for Robert contains rich harmonies; soaring melodies; and unexpected twists; but beyond the musical elements; it also has incre...
tiny TATTOO was written after the composer visited a 'treetop' bistro at Big Sur, California. The restaurant is named Nepenthe, after an ancient Greek elixir fabled to relieve any and all sorrows. Thi...
Carter Pann writes, “the piece might have been titled Three Improvisations, but there is an expressive inertia baked in to these works which makes them truer as rhapsodies. This description tells us m...
Carter Pann's three songs of remembrance create freshly new colors and moods, always remaining melodic and idiomatic for the voice. The songs were born of admiration for soprano/poet Meagan Mahlberg's...
Olde English Suite explores Carter Pann's infatuation with Edwardian English culture as popularized by Downton Abbey. Its four movements (Overture; Sarabande; Pastorale; Finale: Gallop) evoke the atmo...
