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  CODY RAY

Skylines (2020)

Symphony Orchestra
(Approximate Duration | 8' 12’’)

Skylines was inspired by my personal love and fascination of cities and their grand skylines. I remember from a young age being captivated by the pure visual art of grand architecture showcasing breath-taking facades. In addition to a diversity in building designs, the sense of a cultural multiplicity is a feature truly special to these large metropolises. It was my goal to fully capture this beauty and depth that cities hold within this piece. The three cities I portray throughout this work include my home metro area of Akron, Ohio, the urban jungle of New York City, New York, and the windy city of Chicago, Illinois.

​When initially conceptualizing this work, I didn’t want this work to become overly programmatic or for certain sections of the piece to be too literal. However, I had to find a way to effectively signify these areas in a way that could be effective to the music’s structural integrity. I ended up using a technique that I briefly explored in a previous work. This technique is referred to as a musical cryptogram, or more plainly, a cryptogrammatic sequence of musical notes, a sequence which can be taken to refer to an extra-musical text by some 'logical' relationship, usually between note names and letters. By creating a system, in which I could associate certain pitches to a set of letters and numbers, I was able to utilize various thematic material that in turn, would spell out the names of these cities.
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