Two Songs for Robyn — Katherine Balch

Two Songs for Robyn (2020)

Violin and tape
Duration: 7’

I. Apartment Sounds
II. River Walk

Premiered online
Robyn Bollinger

Technical requirements: Each movement of the tape part begins with a 4” delay and is supplied in both .mp3 and .wav formats.

Score available through PSNY

Katherine Balch · I. Apartment sounds

for violin and tape, written for and performed by Robyn Bollinger

Katherine Balch · II. Riverwalk

for violin and fixed media, written for and performed by Robyn Bollinger

These short songs for violin and fixed media are sonic portraits of my time during quarantine: the sounds in my New York apartment from March to June, and the sounds outside of my husband's parents home in the Colorado Rockies from June to August 2020.

Preview:

California Symphony blog: From New York City to the Snake River (interview with Katherine Balch and Robyn Bollinger)