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INSTRUMENTS/VOICES: double-viola string quartet (violin, viola I, viola II, cello)
DESCRIPTION: Double-viola string quartet inspired by the stained-glass windows at Mount Auburn Cemetery’s Bigelow Chapel. The key of Eb major was selected as 7 of the 8 note colors from the Eb Major scale are found in the stained-glass windows (D, a pale teal green, is the only color missing). Commissioned by the Friends of Mount Auburn as part of Mary’s two-year composer residency at Mount Auburn Cemetery.
PREMIERE: June 3rd, 2017 at Mount Auburn Cemetery [Cambridge, MA, USA]
PERFORMED BY: Katharina Giegling (violin), Christopher McClain (viola I), Carroll Lee (viola II), Aron Zelkowicz (cello)
INSTRUMENTS/VOICES: The Narrator (spoken), cello, and piano
DESCRIPTION: Musical setting of Edgar Allan Poe poem “The City in the Sea” for narrator, cello, and piano. The key of Am (a bright red) was selected to mirror the many references to fire and flame in the poem.
PREMIERE: October 27th, 2012 at Mount Auburn Cemetery [Cambridge, MA, USA]
PERFORMED BY: Rob Vellela (The Narrator), Nick Dinnerstein (cello), and Mary Bichner (piano)
INSTRUMENTS/VOICES: Alice (spoken), The Narrator (spoken), The Queen of Hearts (spoken), The King of Hearts (spoken), The White Rabbit (spoken), The Juryman (spoken), The Knave of Hearts (spoken), Alice’s Sister (spoken), The Jury Chorus (spoken), flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, and harpsichord
DESCRIPTION: Dramatic reading of Chapter 12 of Lewis Carroll’s “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland”, set to music.
PREMIERE: June 17th, 2010 at Galapagos Art Space [Brooklyn, NY, USA]
PERFORMED BY: Mali Sastri (Alice), Mika Cooper (The Narrator), Edrie (The Queen of Hearts), Tee Jay (The King of Hearts), Jojo Lazar (The White Rabbit), Peter Moore (The Juryman), Rob Velella (The Knave of Hearts), Molly Zenobia (Alice’s Sister), Mary Bichner (aria vocals, harpsichord), Maria Johnson (flute), Warrick Moses (clarinet), Abby Swidler (violin), Nick Dinnerstein (cello) and the Jury Chorus: Sophia Cacciola, Michael J. Epstein, Allix Mortis, Ria, John Doherty, Ants Colney, David Brown, Jess Fox, Ian Adams, and Len Tower Jr.