landscape landscape piece in collaboration with BUCK MCDANIEL and JA COB KIRKWOO D A jux t aposition between re co rded ins truments associa t ed with Baroque pa st or al music within a va st electronic environment, L andsc ape Piec e is a medit a tion on nos t algia of plac e. A swa th of oboes play long, horizont al lines deriv a tive of English Renaissanc e c omposers William By rd or Thomas T allis, while a small ensemble of violins play virtuosic, s tylized folk ge s tures. Consis ting of ma t erial tha t is bo th ex tremely busy yet harmonically s till, L andsc ape Piec e simult aneously inhabits many plac es, times, and feelings. play macdanielkirkwood back Originally from Columbia, Mississippi, Buck McDaniel is the 2018/19 K ulas Composer F ellow at Cleveland Public Th eat re. His works have been performed int erna tionally bo th in Europe and across the Unit ed Stat es including New Y ork City , Detroit, W ashingt on (DC), Pit tsburgh, Bos t on, Cincinna ti, and Jackson (MS). Commissions include new works for the T anglewood Music Fe s tiv al (MA), Pipeworks Fe s tiv al (Ireland), Hereford Ca thedr al (UK), Linc oln Ca thedr al (UK), the Cleveland Museum of Cont empor ar y Art, and the No E xit New Music Ensemble (OH). As an arr ang er , he has work ed with c omposer Nic o Muhly , Cleveland-b ased b ands Mourning [A] BLKs ta r, times10, and ITEM. A frequent c ollabor at or with Cleveland Public Th eat re, rec ent projects include c omposing the live sc ore for the na tionally ac claimed production of Fire on the W ate r, and as arr ang er /o rches tr at or for the world premiere production of Everything is Ok ay . Rec ent projects include a set ting of Richard Wright poetr y c ommissioned by the University of Pit tsburgh, and a new work for org anis t Derrick Me ador to be premiered at the Na tional City Chris tian Church in W ashingt on, DC. BUCK MCDANIEL JA COB KIRKWOO D Jac ob Kirkwood is a sound designer , produc er , percussionis t and c omposer b ased in Cleveland, Ohio. A sought -aft er percussionis t, Kirkwood has performed na tionally including New Y ork , Bos t on, Detroit, Columbus, and Pit tsburgh. His ensembles have support ed int erna tional t ouring acts Pe re Ubu, Dinosaur Jr ., and the Oct opus Project. A pr oteg e of pla tinum re co rd produc er Jim Wirt, Kirkwood rec eived a degree in Re co rding Arts from Cuy ahog a Community Colleg e. A frequent c ollabor at or with Cleveland Public Th eat re, rec ent projects with c omposer Buck McDaniel include the co -c omposing / production of a new danc e sc ore for P andemonium, the live sc ore for their na tionally ac claimed production of Fire on the W ate r, and s tudio producing the ca st re co rding of Caitlin Le wins ’s and Melissa Crum ’s world premiere musical Everything is Ok ay .