…Woolf’s illustrative music [for Act without Words I], as does her 2013 silent film scoreSuspense, skillfully augments the performers’ movements. Short motivic bursts illustrate the sudden actions of the man falling off a box and throwing himself against a wall, for example—but when he cradles the length of rope, contemplating the sweetness of death, Woolf trades terse gestures for long, legato tones…
…”Music is storytelling. We are drawn to a piece of music, whether it’s classical or another genre, because of the emotion it evokes in us. What I love about dramatic music is that it’s a long form – it’s not simply expressing one or two emotions, but it’s constantly drawing you from one state into another through a transformational experience”…Continue reading “Center for New Music: Interview with Luna Pearl Woolf about Act Without Words I”→