Curtis K. Hughes: Tulpa / Sentient Robots, Boston Percussion Group

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Label
New Focus Recordings
Release Date
April 16, 2021
Format
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      HUGHES, CURTIS K.
    • PERFORMER
      Various
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      April 16, 2021
    • UPC
      690277900402
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      FCR298
    • LABEL
      New Focus Recordings
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. flagrant

      Composer: Curtis K. Hughes

      Performer: Aaron Trant

    2. Antechamber

      Composer: Curtis K. Hughes

      Ensemble: Boston Percussion Group

    3. lesson plan

      Composer: Curtis K. Hughes

      Performer: Amy Advocat

    4. merger

      Composer: Curtis K. Hughes

      Ensemble: Sentient Robots

    5. I. (With giddy ferocity)

      Composer: Curtis K. Hughes

      Performer: Amy Advocat, Yoko Hagino

    6. II. (Freely, expectant)

      Composer: Curtis K. Hughes

      Performer: Amy Advocat, Yoko Hagino

    7. eight unnamable narratives: No. 1. it was not raining

      Composer: Curtis K. Hughes

      Performer: Matt Sharrock

    8. I. telophase

      Composer: Curtis K. Hughes

      Ensemble: Sentient Robots

      Performer: Alexis Lanz, Amy Advocat, Jensen Ling, Lilit Hartunian, Sarah Bob, Aaron Trant, Brian Calhoon, Greg Simonds

    9. II. manufactured (for a purpose)

      Composer: Curtis K. Hughes

      Ensemble: Sentient Robots

      Performer: Alexis Lanz, Amy Advocat, Jensen Ling, Lilit Hartunian, Sarah Bob, Aaron Trant, Brian Calhoon, Greg Simonds

    10. III. "un amour inconnu …"

      Composer: Curtis K. Hughes

      Ensemble: Sentient Robots

      Performer: Rose Hegele, Alexis Lanz, Amy Advocat, Jensen Ling, Lilit Hartunian, Sarah Bob, Aaron Trant, Brian Calhoon, Greg Simonds

    11. IV. the number of completion

      Composer: Curtis K. Hughes

      Ensemble: Sentient Robots

      Performer: Alexis Lanz, Amy Advocat, Jensen Ling, Lilit Hartunian, Sarah Bob, Aaron Trant, Brian Calhoon, Greg Simonds


Curtis K. Hughes' "Tulpa" is a collection of his rhythmically incisive music heard in solo, duo, and ensemble settings, and culminating in the title work for ten players and guest soprano. The Boston based Hughes writes from a deep collaborative connection with his performers, crafting pieces that balance harmonic adventure with stylistic diversity, and political subtext with sardonic humor. The music of Curtis K. Hughes (b. 1974) is characterized by its rhythmic restlessness, its harmonic adventurousness and its often volatile mix of diverse stylistic elements and political subtexts. It has been described as "fiery" in the New York Times, "well crafted" in the Phoenix, and "colorfully scored" in the Boston Globe. A professor of composition at the Boston Conservatory since 2008, Curtis was a student of composers Lee Hyla and Evan Ziporyn, and is a graduate of Oberlin College and Conservatory, and of the New England Conservatory (NEC), which honored him in 2010 with its Outstanding Alumni Award.