Mulch Awareness Month

Title

Mulch Awareness Month

Description

African American bassist and composer Nick Dunston has been named in the New York Times as an "indispensable player of th eNew York avant-garde."

His composition, "Mulch Awareness Month" was composed for contrabass. The piece, as Dunston explains at the start of Samuel Zagnit's July 2020 performance on YouTube, tries to "provide with the performer a set of tools for improvising, for cultivating a sonic environment, and for then explorig that sonic environment. while also providing the performer with a sense of direction and suggestions for performing."
Duration: 7.5 minutes

Creator

Dunston, Nick (b. 1996)

Source

Nick Dunston: Mulch Awareness Month for solo double bass (blog and recording), https://dbbpublications.gumroad.com/l/mulchawarenessmonth
Bass Players for Black Composers, "Nick Dunston: Mulch Awareness Month" (YouTube), https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iRjHMDONZ6k&ab_channel=BassPlayersForBlackComposers

Date

2020

Format

0-10 minutes

Coverage

2000-

Instrumentation

double bass / contrebasse

Ensemble Type

solo

Citation

Dunston, Nick (b. 1996), “Mulch Awareness Month,” Music EnLivened, accessed November 21, 2024, http://omeka.uottawa.ca/music-enlivened/items/show/136.

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