Spirit House (2007)

Spirit House is my attempt to build a musical space we can all live in . The multitude of musical instruments and musical styles are a direct reflection of the outside world , and the music is a manifestation of the spiritual experience . The music provides a place to share the same experience. The work has six movements and uses musical forms such as drone, shuffle, and chorale to give maximum support for the instruments and the many solo passages which appear throughout the work. The improvisation will enable the work to change and transform depending on the players involved. At the same time I have tried to make a big sound, a sound that tests the outer limits of the large and the small delicate aspects, a sound that blends together into a fresh and everchanging textural landscape.

Mark Armanini