excerpt: "variations in A minor"
marla beck

writing today—a song,

rise, through time—

thinking: how does a sonic canvas rise up

through life—

"Call and Response"
John Tchicai, Marla VanHoose

voice—

about the music

  • “Variations in A Minor” (excerpt), composed & played by Marla Beck, piano

  • Flute Sonata in A Minor, Op. 1, No. 4, HWV 362: I. Larghetto, composed by G.F. Handel, performed by Marla Beck, flute with Laura Magnani, piano

  • “Blue Moon Over Kentucky” (trad.), Marla Beck, vocals, guitar

  • “River of Things,” original tune by Marla Beck, vocals, guitar with Ryan Coe, guitar

  • “Call and Response,” experimental poem written and performed by Marla VanHoose (Beck) with free jazz pioneer, John Tchicai on Top of Your Head (Ninth World Music/DME, 2002)

for more as it happens—

child (in belly) and me, singing—
(2007)