Basic Information Instrumentation: piano soloDuration: ~6:15Year composed: 2021 Description This piece, written for Nick Photinos’ 1:2:1 Intensive, tries to capture the emotions of leaving, re-entering, and generally coming to terms with COVID quarantine. “Hibernation” tries to express the combination of anxiety and relative safety that those who were largely able to remain at home during Continue reading “https://jamieklenetsky.com/wp-content/themes/gridd”

Basic Information Instrumentation: Choir (SATB)Duration: 2:45Year composed: 2021 Description “Grateful” was written between December 2020 and March 2021, a period that felt like “pandemic limbo:” a vaccine existed, but getting an appointment was nearly impossible; there was an end in sight, but we had no idea when that end would come. I was grappling with Continue reading “https://jamieklenetsky.com/wp-content/themes/gridd”

Basic Information Instrumentation: Soprano and synthDuration: 2:45Year composed: 2020 Description This piece was written for Rhymes with Opera’s 2020 Pocket Opera Workshop. It’s my first attempt at a monodrama. The piece is told from a White mother’s point of view. She is waking up to the racial unrest that has plagued America from its beginning, Continue reading “https://jamieklenetsky.com/wp-content/themes/gridd”