D'Arcy Reynolds is a well known composer on the West Coast where her compositions have been premiered at numerous concert halls and music festivals. In recognition for her outstanding work D'Arcy has won several grants from such prestigious organizations as the American Composers Forum, the American Music Center and Meet the Composer.
She has written works for Orchestra, Chamber Orchestra, Chorus, Chamber Ensemble, Voice and Piano. She has completed three song cycles for soprano and chamber ensemble (The Past Keeps Changing, Beyond Dreaming, and Listening to Winter), all of which have been written in collaboration with living poets. Recent premieres include Cloven Dreams, performed by Tessa Brinckman & the East/West Continuo in Portland, Oregon, Elegy by the San Jose Chamber Orchestra, 21 for piano, and The Past Keeps Changing, performed at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA.
In addition to her work as a composer and pianist, D’Arcy Reynolds is the founding Director of the San Francisco Bay Area Chapter of the American Composers Forum. The Chapter became an important arts organization for artists throughout Northern California, and as Director of the San Francisco Chapter, Ms. Reynolds developed an innovative Composer in the Schools Program, held salons with new works by Northern California Composers and administered interdisciplinary granting programs with composers, poets and choreographers.
She received a 2004 Meet the Composer Global Connections grant and is traveling to South Africa where the Sontonga String Quartet will perform her string quartet Cloven Dreams at the University of Cape Town.
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Tuesday, March 29, 2005
27 March, 2005
I must have brought the rain with me from California - the long drought in Cape Town was finally relieved by an afternoon shower today. This is Easter Sunday, andthe hymns in the churches create a cool kind of 'Ivesian' backdrop to the hip hop that the Africans are playing.
I'm staying in Sea Point, which is just outside of Cape Town. There is a longpromenade along the Atlantic Ocean that leads to the Waterfront area.The Waterfront boasts a large mall where tourists shop and dine. WhileSea Pointe is integrated, it becomes increasingly white as you walk along to Green Point, pass the municipal golf course, and head to the Waterfront. The best spot to stop for coffee or a bite to eat along thewater in Green Point is the 'Newport' - crammed with people, sandwiches, chocolate. The 'flat white'is an Australian coffee drink which equates to our cappuccino...
As for costs here - it pays to bargain-hunt for everything from internet accessto the price of an egg. The best rate for on-line access today was 10 Rands anhour - just under $2. As for breakfast, you could easily spend 26-32 Rands, but letyour eye drift down the page a bit, and there is the egg-over-toast for 9 Rands. Hiringa cell phone, and buying time on a Sim card are the next items to negotiate.
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