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The Musical Program: While all of my music may be appreciated without a programmatic understanding, I find players are often able to “see” the imagery that inspires my music when they understand the idea or story the work is based on. I would greatly appreciate it if students are given access to the program notes, or a class conversation is provided. All program notes are available on my website at www.jonigreene.com. When possible, please provide program notes to audience members. Errata: If you believe you have found an error or have a question, please don’t hesitate to reach out. Others may have the same question! If an error is discovered, an errata list will be provided on my website. www.jonigreene.com Please contact me: I am a composer first and foremost to create music with musicians. I always appreciate feedback and questions and love any ideas you may have towards collaboration as you rehearse and perform my music. The best way to reach me is through email at jonigreene@gmail.com. If you do not hear back from me within three days or within your expected time frame, please feel free to send an additional email as they unfortunately sometimes get overlooked. Programs/Recordings: I love to receive PDF concert programs and recordings. You can also email me your concert date. Thank you for your support of new music and new perspectives!
Shattering Stars Program Notes Shattering Stars is part of my “James Webb Space Telescope Series” which features music based on images from the most advanced space observatory, the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). Orbiting 1 million miles from Earth, the JWST far surpasses previous telescopes such as Hubble. Shattering Stars is a journey through the lens of JWST towards the youngest supernova ever observed in our galaxy, Cassiopeia A. At only 11, 000 light‐years from Earth, it contains supernova materials of stardust and heavy elements.* In order to present a soundscape illustrative of the process of a supernova, Shattering Stars explores instrumental color and light. As a composer with synesthesia, I see light and color when I hear sound creating a compositional process I call organized color. While it is common for compositions to feature singable melodies and a hierarchy of ensemble section roles, Shattering Stars uses melodic fragments that build upon each other and pass through the concert band. Everyone has an equal role to play as the idea of shooting light from afar comes closer into view. As players progress through the work, light intensity is portrayed through the stacking of short rhythmic and melodic ideas. As described by NASA, the JWST captures “mottled filaments of bright pink studded with clumps and knots within the supernova.” In Shattering Stars each instrument creates a unique color which when combined with a four‐note repeating 16 th note pattern, illustrates the idea of chasing light, which finally explodes, shattering its star by the final measure. What are some science questions that Cassiopeia may help answer? Where does cosmic dust come from? Observations have found that even very young galaxies in the early universe are suffused with massive quantities of dust. It’s difficult to explain the origins of this dust without invoking supernovae, which spew large quantities of heavy elements (the building blocks of dust) across space. Supernovae like the one that formed Cassiopeia A are crucial for life as we know it. They spread elements like the calcium we find in our bones and the iron in our blood across interstellar space, seeding new generations of stars and planets. *Information on Cassiopeia A found at www.nasa.gov ‐Joni Greene (January 4, 2024)
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