Jacqueline Cordova-Arrington, assistant professor of flute at the University of Oregon, performs Daniel Cueto’s Tuhuayo, for solo flute – followed by a conversation with Shannon Mockli, associate professor of dance. The conversation starts with Shannon’s description of how her body processed the music and evolves into a discussion about the subjective experience of time and “the space in between the techniques.”
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John Reynolds
Dec 18, 2020 -
The solo flute piece “Tuhuayo” begins plaintively in lower registers, then soars to joyous highs, and ends with a breathy hush. Beautifully played by Jacqueline Cordova-Arrington. That’s it for the music performance…?
Brian and Shannon share a wide-ranging discussion. Shannon describes how that music moved through her body; higher notes affecting head and neck, lower notes pelvic area and rib cage. As a dancer, she imagines how her body would act as the music changes.
Then comes a discussion of the flute representing nature, as with Pan. “You can stick a flute in your backpack” and take it out into nature to play.
About 13:30 comes a talk about pregnancy and parenting, then discussions of the aftermath of heart surgery! Shannon has dealt with many challenges. Finally there is an extended discussion of that creative state of the “ineffable.” And how can that be employed in teaching dance,…or music
Daniel
Feb 12, 2021 -
Thank you for this! I am the composer of the work that is performed on this episode. I very much enjoyed listening to this performance and conversation.
ON
Feb 12, 2021 -
Daniel! We love this piece. So glad you got to hear it in this context, and with Jacque’s marvelous performance.