Name: Obsessions from the Twittersphere
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Type

Piece

Composer

Karen Siegel

Composer Nationality

American

Composer Date of Birth

1980

Text

Compiled by Karen Siegel from Tweets by: "Squeakees," "jkamazingkris," "tripleXmas," "j9gem," "samarapostuma," "thody," "Angians," "trishaO_o," "YasTwit," "mister_Sam," "KraseyBeauty," "viapontica" and "MissBeeyawnkuh."

Year Composed

2009

Pages

23 (includes Confessions from the Blogosphere)

Minutes

Difficulty

5 (Challenging)

Language

English

Voicing

4 part mixed chorus

Divisi

Solos

Small bass solo

Sacred or Secular

Secular

Mood

Humorous; Rhythmic, with steady energy

Description

This humorous pair of works pokes fun at the online musings of Twitter users and bloggers. The quotes overlap and compete for attention, and are often fragmented to create rhythmic textures. Confessions from the Blogosphere was composed for and premiered by C4: the Choral Composer/Conductor Collective in 2006, and can be performed on its own or with the companion piece Obsessions from the Twittersphere, composed for and premiered by C4 in 2009.

https://soundcloud.com/karensiegel/twittersphere-blogosphere

Audio Credit

C4: the Choral Composer/Conductor Collective, conductor David Rentz, NYC Nov. 2009.

Web Page

http://karensiegel.com/obsessions-confessions/

Group

Performances

C4: 2009 Nov 19 & 21 (Greatest and Latest), cond. Rentz (World Premiere); Phillip Cheah, Suzanne Schwing, Karen Siegel & Dennis Tobenski: 2013; Whateverandeveramen: 2013, cond. Brad Pierson