Katherine Balch

still life

for octet, fixed media, and video

(2026)

Duration	28'
Commission	Commissioned by the Talea Ensemble and made possible by a grant from the Fromm Music Foundation, with additional support from Birmingham Contemporary Music Group with financial assistance from Arts Council England, Amphion Foundation, and through the BCMG Sound Investment scheme. With additional support from the following individuals through BCMG’s Sound Investment Monthly: Peter Baldwin, John Barnden, Paul Bond, Richard Bratby, Pat Brookfield, Peter Burton, Christopher Carrier, Alan Cook, Dennis Davis, Peter Fell, John Glass, Matthew Harris, Stephen Johnson, George Lee, Jeremy Lindon, Seb Lovell-Huckle, Colin Matthews, Paul Mummery, Adam Nagel, Simon & Claire Scott, Howard Skempton, Michael & Sandra Squires, Carolyn & Richard Sugden, Nest Thomas, Janet Upward, and Stephen Williams.
Premiere	March 20, 2026 · New York, NY (USA) Church of St. Luke & St. Matthew Talea Ensemble
Instrumentation	Flute (doubling piccolo and bass flute) Bb Clarinet (doubling Bb bass clarinet) Bassoon (doubling contrabasson) Harp (scordatura)* + waldteufel Percussion 5 octave marimba, crotales, snare drum, large floor tom, med. suspended cymbal, tambourine, small tringle, guiro, 2 graduated glass bottles, single-use plastic water bottle (thin plastic, empty), piccolo woodblock, coarse ceramic tile, sandpaper blocks, waldteufel Fixed media (see technical set-up) Viola Violoncello
Technical requirements	Stage set-up: • 3 4K / 4K enhanced projector screens recieving HDMI, as large as possible (at least 8'x.4.7' each). Rear projection is ideal. Pictured set-up is suggested, it should feel like the ensemble is enveloped in the video projections, like insects in dense foliage. • 4 speakers (quadrophic set-up, see above. depending on space, speakers may be better placed in front of ensemble) Console: • audio interface to output four line level TRS signals • mixer (at least 4 chan) • laptop (with Qlab license, see below) • HDMI extenders necessary to route projectors to laptop interface • fixed media (audio and video) cues are triggered from QLab, run from the laptop. An audio and video license to QLab is required, this license can be rented for $12/day (as of March, 2026). is license can be rented at qlab.app/shop (select both audio and video options)
Publisher	Schott Music
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Katherine Balch · still life

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