| Dixon Impressions is one in a continuing
series of short pieces commissioned by the Dixon
Gallery and Gardens for performance during special exhibits.
Located in a mansion in Memphis,
TN, the Dixon Gallery routinely presents eight or ten special
exhibits a year. The exhibit for which the Impressions
were composed was an exhibit of American Impressionists. Many
of the scenes were pastoral, and this led me to conceive a set
of pieces based on the seasons. Ultimately I only composed movements
for Winter and Summer, but I feel that the piece is complete
this way. In the premier performance, a slide of each painting
was projected as its corresponding piece was played. |
