ABC Classic Commission Track 3 "Calm (is a Dangling Carrot)" ft. Sally Walker
Track 3 of "Finding Fondness" for two flutes - "Calm (is a Dangling Carrot)"
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Composer - The Emerald Ruby
Performed by - The Emerald Ruby and Sally Walker
Videography and editing - The Emerald Ruby
Audio - ABC Classic
ABOUT "CALM (IS A DANGLING CARROT)": I was 8 the first time I optimistically recited the mantra “I just need to get through this week” only to be met with disappointment on the other end. This mantra was birthed from teaching and behaviour tactics inflicted upon my peers and I by a burned out educator who believed children should be seen and not heard. Since then, that phrase repeats daily, like a broken record, it’s promise like carrot dangled in-front of an overworked donkey pulling it’s cart “just a little longer”
Thousands of broken promises shaped the malleable tempo and haunting nature of this movement. The relief of a resolved cadence is a rare occurrence that always finds itself disrupted by a virtuosic anxiousness.
ABOUT FINDING FONDNESS
Commissioned by ABC classic as part of the 2023 composer commission fund and recorded in the ABC Studio’s in Ultimo alongside Sally Walker, Finding Fondness is a collection of 5 flute duets exploring The Emerald Ruby’s (Jennifer Hankin) lived experience as a late diagnosed Autistic individual. This body of work is an emotionally vulnerable sound based exploration of an increasingly common experience. Taking influence from Hankin’s vast and varied musical history “Finding Fondness” redefines the aesthetic and technical expectations of music made by two flutes.
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