The Nostalgia of a Thousand Memories by Antonio James Higgins (b. 2005) Elisabeth Lefkovitz, piano Recorded live at the Cedarville University Fall 2023 Composition Recital. Notes on the piece: Each movement is supposed to depict picturesque scenes to make the listener ponder and reflect. The inspiration to compose this suite was the music of Takashi […]
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The Great Veil
This piece was composed as the mid-term project for the “Electronic Music Production” class that I’m required to take as a B. M. in Composition at Cedarville University. The goal was a dystopian film-score inspired piece drawing elements from the Blade Runner 2049 soundtrack.
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Elegy To the Beloved — for xiao and piano
This piece was the result of two providential happenings. When Tim Barnes approached me to write a composition for his xiao, I told him, “Alright, I’ll write an elegy for you.” Little did I know I would write an elegy in earnest, as the grandparents of two friends of mine died suddenly. Moved by this, the composition was able to come more naturally.
O, Sing the Mighty Kingdom
Isaiah 9 is a chapter mostly read during the Christmas season, because of the all familiar verse 6, “Unto us a child is born.” But Isaiah doesn’t end his proclamation at that!