Two Piano Etudes. By Regina Harris Baiocchi
These two piano etudes are both intellectually challenging and technically demanding. Both compositions are atonal. With a five-notes cluster in the left hand that reaches the lowest key and another five note-cluster in the right that reaches the highest key on of the piano, the intro of the first etude is rather bold. This etude has a relatively thick overall texture and features at least three voices most of the time. There are often polyrhythms in both hands, though not as challenging as the second etude's. The etude is also heavily syncopated.
These compositions are not listed in the composer's website.
"Regina is a poet, author, and composer whose music has been performed by Detroit and Chicago Symphony orchestras, US Army Band, and internationally-acclaimed artists. Performances include concerts in Paris, Rome, and Bari, Italy, as part of Festival Incontri Musicali di Musica Sacra, and in Turkey and Unna, Germany at the Women Composers’ Library. Regina has written music for symphony orchestra; a libretto and one-act opera; hand drum concerto; marimba concerto; ballet; chamber music; liturgical and secular music; and vocal and instrumental, including for pipe organ." (3arts.org)
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