Just added more music to my Bandcamp page!

Amy Denio & Jovino Santos Neto Quinteto @ The Triple Door / Photo: Dylan Randolph

My composition TRIFEKTA for Jovino Santos Neto’s Quinteto was selected by the Seattle Composers Alliance to be performed at the Triple Door in Seattle for the Live Sessions concert in January. I was thrilled to vocalize with these consummate musicians.

Amy Denio: Composer, Vocalist
Jovino Santos Neto: Piano
Ben Thomas: Bandoneon
Tim Carey: Electric Bass
Jeff Busch: Percussion
Max Holmberg: Drums

The composition came together when I fed Jovino Santos Neto’s name through my musical alphabet ~ every letter corresponds to a musical note.

The tone row made by “Jovino” spelled out the opening melody on bandoneon, the chord changes in the middle section were informed by “Santos”, which ended up pulsing in a slinky 5/4, and the notes generated by “Neto” fueled my imagination for the chaotic circus at the end, a kind of rave-up Rai waltz.

ENJOY TRIFEKTA!