Ramblings of a Social Network

Hi YoungComposers!

This is a song cycle that I composed in the summer of 2011. It was based off of my friends statuses on Facebook and was performed during a SummerArts program (Composer-Performer Collaboration) and then again in my senior recital. I have video footage as well from my senior recital! =) Check out my youtube link to watch it -- the performers do a great job! The score is a little outdated as I fixed a few glitches since that version (such as piano roll marks).

The soprano is Sharon Rogers (sopranosharonrogers.weebly.com) and the pianist is Michael Krikorian!

http://www.youtube.c...h?v=nMIUIU96b-4

Here are the program notes:


Ramblings of a Social Network (2011) is a song cycle about the everyday lives of my friends and professors who share about their lives through status updates on online social networks. This song cycle takes some of their amusing statuses from Facebook.com and illustrates them in a musical setting portraying their personalities and moods. For greater “LOL”s as they say on the internet, the singer also mimics the everyday antics to fully capture their persona. This work was a collaborative effort with pianist Michael Krikorian, who greatly aided in composing the piano parts for Forever Alone, & Football Game.

I. Fruit Fly – A fruit fly committed suicide on my spaghetti sauce. // AAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGHHHH // Poor Bugger. – Elisa Moles

II. Forever Alone – You know how in yearbooks people vote for someone to be most likely to become the president and stuff? Well, for the first time I actually won one. I was voted most likely to be “Forever Alone.” – Kristen Krikorian

III. R2-D2™ -- I had a dream that I adopted a parrot and he had a message to deliver like R2-D2™ from a New Hope.™ What the heck do they put in Theraflu?! ™ -- Ashlea Sheridan

IV. Football Game – So, I heard there is a football game [Ah ha ha ha!]. Or maybe futbol? Or something along those lines going on right now. Based upon the sheer amount of media covering this game I guess I should care about it. Except I don’t [Ah ha ha ha!]. Not one bit [Ah ha ha ha!]. Does that make me anti-American? Anti-football? Anti-Wisconsin or Pennsylvania? Or something entirely different? I’ve put too much thought into this [Ah ha ha ha!]. – Dr. Kenneth Froelich