The Dance Weaver

Friday was Junior Day at Bishop Dwenger. Basically the Junior Class was honored at Mass and accepted responsibility to lead the school the next year. After Mass the Juniors went out to lunch and then were given the afternoon off. We took Jenny to Ball State so she could see some of the student art. There was a senior art display and a juried student art exhibit also. Then after fighting traffic around Indy we met up with John and headed out to see the Hammer & Nail Project 2007. Students from the IU Composition Department were able to write music and the dance school students choreographic a dance for the music. The composers and the choreographers communicated ideas to each other and the composers recruited the musicians and the choreographer the dancers. John's piece is entitled The Dance Weaver and is performed by a piano and clarinet. Out of the 12 pieces performed that night I'd have to say John's song was in my opinion the best - of course I'm the mom!

Here is a note from the composers from the program:
In the first bar of The Dance Weaver, the clarinet presents material which in six minutes will be cut, transformed, and interwoven to creat a tapestry of rhythmic and melodic vitality from the first twill to the last stitch. John Leszczynski