Transformations
Artist: Gila (Gillian) Carcas
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Release Date: 2nd October 2015
UK Distribution: Discovery
Format: Single CD/Standard Jewel Case
Tracklisting
By Scottish Rocks 1990 (flute/piccolo, cello, piano and percussion): Gyroscope 1992 (clarinet and piano): Song for Joy 1992 (violin and viola): Droplets over the Horizon 1991 (solo piano): Cissbury Ring 1995 (clarinet in A, violin, cello and piano): Magma 1996 (solo piano): Autumn 1998 (viola and piano): Imaginary Moonwalk 1999 (solo harpsichord); Indigo Dreams 2001 (solo double bass): Piece in Purple and Blue 2011 (cello and piano): String Quartet no. 3: “Encountering the Creator” 2009 (two violins, viola and cello) 1st Movement/Standing on the Temple Mount; 2nd Movement/ Infinite Embrace; 3rd Movement/Entering the Temple
Composer Information
Born in England in 1963, Gila (Gillian) Carcas has composed over fifty pieces of music, ranging from solo and small chamber works and electro-acoustic pieces to full orchestral music and a chamber opera. She studied composition with Sebastian Forbes, John Casken, Peter Manning and Erika Fox and she received a PhD in Composition from Durham University in 1996.
Dr Carcas has continued composing as well as teaching at various institutions, including Southampton University and the Royal College of Music in London. In 2004 she moved to Israel where she has also created many new arrangements of Jewish melodies and continues teaching privately.
More information can be viewed at www.carcas.net