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Kristine Gray

from Canada

A native of Calgary, Kristine Gray began her musical studies at an early age studying classical guitar, voice and saxophone. Kristine obtained her Bachelor of Music degree at the University of Calgary, under the direction of Dr. Jeremy Brown. In the summer of 1999 Kristine attended Domaine Forget where she had the opportunity to study with Remi Menard, Jean-Francois Guay and Jean-Marie Londeix. Kristine has obtained her Bachelor of Education and has been an educator in Calgary, Toronto and Boston as well as having an active private studio. In the fall of 2005, she completed a twelve week Music and Sound Residency at the Banff Centre for Performing Arts. In 2007 Kristine gave a recital at the Julliard School of Music and toured The Netherlands with the Thump Saxophone Quartet. An active performer and advocate of new music, Kristine regularly gives recitals and has an active private lesson studio. Kristine is ABD in her Doctorate of Musical Arts in Saxophone Performance through Boston University, under the direction of Kenneth Radnofsky.

Mrok - Piotr Grella-Mozejko

Written in the Summer of 2007, Mrok (Polish for 'Darkness') for saxophone and piano was inspired by one of the most mysterious stanzas in the second Canto of Dante's Inferno (Inferno II, 106-108). Its Italian version is as follows: Non odi tu la pièta del suo pianto, non vedi tu la marte che 'l combatte su la fiumana ove 'l mar non ha vanto? In the masterly translation of John Ciardi, the lines go as follows: Dost thou not hear his cries? Canst thou not see the death he wrestles with beside that river no ocean can surpass for rage and fury? Who is Dante referring to in these poignant lines? Is he referring to himself, at the Gate of Hell, not sure of what to do, suspended, as it were, between the physical reality of his world and horrors of the Underworld? Or does he have another individual in mind? We may only speculate. The music does not make any attempt at posing, multiplying those questions. It simply makes attempt at creating a sonic equivalent of Dante's message of despair and uncertainty. The questions will remain unanswered.

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