This session is part of the PRISM Quartet Institute (PQI), an innovative program (online-only during the pandemic) through which the PRISM Quartet partners with cultural and educational organizations worldwide to share knowledge the group has accumulated in our 36 years together—all for the benefit of aspiring artists. PQI is offering seminars, interactive workshops, and classes under four separate tracks: Teaching and Pedagogy; Business and Entrepreneurship; Recording and Technology; and Composition.
Matthew Shlomowitz will discuss ways he sets up a quasi-theatrical scenario through music and sound, without recourse to image or text, in his recent composition Graveyard and Slot (with guest appearance). In advance, you can look at a performance of the work given by Ensemble Nikel at the 2020 edition of the Warsaw Autumn Festival.