lips evaporate (2019)
for double bass and piano
Program Notes
North Star
You’ve seen me transfixed by the stars
The static in my brain crystallizes,
and I gain a quiet moment.
My inner compass reads that I am facing homeward
It orients my eyes upward
and the wave of my heart become still.
You’ve seen me lose myself when I look at you
The words that normally pour from my lips evaporate
and fill the moment with silence.
I’ve become entranced again
I know home when I see it
I found my true north.
- Maria Confer
Foundation for Modern Music’s Avalon Int. Competition Review
“Very inspired, expressive, and attractive… beautifully haunting.”
Maestro Daniel Binelli & Mary Warwick
Collaboration: Robert Black & Lindsay Garritson
Premiere: 11.19.19 | Black & Garritson @ “A Night of Robert Black” | Miami, FL
Duration: 12 minutes
Awards
American Prize - National Finalist (2021)
Avalon Int. Competition - Honorable Mention (2020)
UM.SCI Robert Black Residency Competition - Winner (2019)
“A new modern classic among double bassists.”
— Robert Black @ “A Night of Robert Black” (World Premiere) | 11.19.19