Over Every Open Field

Over Every Open Field was inspired by Ed Ruscha’s painting No Man’s Land, which pairs an outline of the state of Oklahoma with a distended question mark. This leaves the work ambiguous and open to interpretation; I attempted to capture this uncertainty by writing a melody that was questioningly optimistic. This pastoral melody journeys through various treatments before returning to an image of the original iteration, ending with a cryptic unresolved chord.

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» March 10, 2013 - 1:30 pm - Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art Family Day - Over Every Open Field - Fred Jones, Jr. Museum of Art
» March 10, 2013 - 2:30 pm - Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art Family Day - Over Every Open Field - Fred Jones, Jr. Museum of Art
» April 7, 2013 - 8:00 pm - Kyle Vanderburg DMA Recital - Morris R. Pitman Recital Hall, University of Oklahoma
» November 9, 2013 - 4:00 pm - Canvas to Counterpoint: Kyle Vanderburg's DMA Lecture Recital - Over Every Open Field - Morris R. Pitman Recital Hall, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK

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