Composed: 2021
Medium: piccolo and fixed media
Duration: 4:00
Dedication: Hal Ide and Claudia Anderson

PROGRAM NOTES

A thinner and more fractured glass ceiling is the legacy of those who came before—women who have made striking statements by bringing to life what they hear and etching away at the glass every time they do so. When hearing great (female) composers speak about their music and careers, it has resonated with me that they have been completely centered in creating their music—and the focus is on the music, without needing to contextualize it in the status of “female composers.” This project was a re-centering for me after a compositional hiatus, and, as I think about the students I guide both as creative individuals and in life, the fact that we are part of this lineage of change is relevant and meaningful.

Strikingly was commissioned by Hal Ide for Claudia Anderson’s “Glass Ceilings” commission-performance project. Anderson’s inaugural tour of “Glass Ceilings” took place in the spring of 2022 with performances at the University of North Dakota, Rice University, the University of Colorado Boulder, the University of Minnesota, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, and the University of Northern Iowa.

WORLD PREMIERE

January 15, 2022 - Guest Artist Recital, University of North Dakota
Claudia Anderson, piccolo