WATERWAY.
PRAIRIE TUNES ON THE IOWA RIVERSHED
Opus. 64
Instrumentation: Solo Violin
Duration: 8 Minutes, Nine Movements
Commissioned By: Catherine Rinderknecht Moritz for Shared Stories Iowa
PROGRAM NOTE.
Catherine Rinderknecht Moritz’s Shared Stories is a project to commission and record new pieces of contemporary unaccompanied violin music and then perform them in every county in Iowa within the next five years. The projects celebrates the idea that rural and urban cultures have more shared values and experiences than we might assume.
WATERWAY: Prairie Tunes on the Iowa Rivershed embraces the spirit of Shared Stories: Iowa by honing in on Iowa’s rivers. I took nine waterways across the state and created new fiddle tunes to celebrate the names and history of those rivers. This solo violin suite is structured so that the entire set of songs can be played attacca and feel like a full concert work but each individual fiddle tune may also be performed by itself. The rivers were chosen so that each county Catherine plays in will be home to a watershed that at least one of the rivers written about belongs to.
MOVEMENTS:
Missoura March: The Missouri River
Swan Potatoes: The Wapsipinicon River
The Middle Raccoon: The Middle Racoon River
Ballade in Cedar: The Cedar River
Jeune Riviere Reverie: The Yellow River
Bear River Reel: The Maquoketa River
Lizard Creek Lullaby: Lizard Creek
Three Roses Waltz: The Iowa River
North Skunk South: The Skunk Rivers
Details // Concert Prep
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commissioner biography.
Catherine Rinderknecht Moritz is a violinist dedicated to connecting with people through the shared experience of music-performing, teaching, and collaborating with others to enhance our human experience. Praised for her “innate artistry,” she strives to bond deeply with music and convey it with the utmost care, vulnerability and sincerity.
An advocate for new music and collaboration, Catherine actively commissions and promotes new works for solo unaccompanied violin. In 2016, she commissioned and premiered a series of solo violin pieces for her project entitled, "There Is No Comfort Zone” and was a co-commissioner of Stephanie Ann Boyd's Amerigo violin sonata (2015), giving the Oklahoma premiere as part of the composer’s 50 State Sonata Project. In Fall 2019, she will begin a large-scale performance project called “Shared Stories” which will bring contemporary solo violin pieces to every county in Iowa.
Catherine is pursuing a Doctor of Musical Arts program in Violin Performance and Pedagogy at the University of Iowa. She earned her Bachelor of Music degree in Violin Performance with distinction at the University of Iowa and her Master of Music degree in Violin Performance at the University of Oklahoma. Her principal teachers include, Scott Conklin, Hal Grossman, and Doris Preucil.
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