{"title":"Sacks, Ruth Meyer","description":"\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0023\/1718\/9173\/files\/7R9A5992croppedv1_240x240.jpg?v=1693163837\" alt=\"Ruth Meyer Sacks\" style=\"margin-top: 2.4px; margin-right: 012px; margin-bottom: 16px; float: left;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"margin-top: 2.4px; margin-right: 012px; margin-bottom: 16px; float: left;\" data-mce-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0023\/1718\/9173\/files\/7R9A5992croppedv1_240x240.jpg?v=1693163837\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\nA native of Dallas, Texas, \u003cstrong\u003eRuth Meyer Sacks\u003c\/strong\u003e received her Ph.D. and M.A. degrees in music composition from the University of Pennsylvania, and her B.M. degree in music composition and theory from the Oberlin Conservatory. Her principal composition teachers included George Crumb, Richard Wernick, Jay Reise, Chinary Ung, Ed Miller, Walter Aschaffenburg, and Simon Sargon. In addition, she studied piano with Peter Takács and Alfred Mouledous. Meyer Sacks is the recipient of awards and honors from numerous organizations, including BMI, ASCAP, the New England Reed Trio, and the (former) International League of Women Composers, as well as a MacDowell Colony residency. Her compositions have been performed by a broad range of performers, including the New Music Consort at Weill Recital Hall (at Carnegie Hall), the New England Reed Trio, the Pittsburgh Civic Orchestra, the South Florida Youth Symphony, pianist Liliana Maffiotte (Barcelona, Spain), double-bass player Bertram Turetzky, guitarist Klondike Steadman, and at the College Music Society’s Thirtieth Annual Meeting. Meyer Sacks composed the musical score for the documentary film produced for the twenty-fifth anniversary celebration of the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania. Her composition entitled Sunshine City and the Green Demons for woodwind quartet is published by Earnestly Music (of Frank E. Warren Music Service). In addition, cellist Barbara George and pianist Jim James performed and recorded Meyer Sacks’ composition Three Poems for Cello and Piano, which is included on their 2019 CD entitled Femme, Music by Women Composers. Presently, Ruth Meyer Sacks resides in Austin, Texas, where she is active as a free-lance composer, as well as an instructor at the Orpheus Academy of Music. For additional information, please refer to her website: https:\/\/www.ruthmeyersacks.com.","products":[{"product_id":"sacks-in-memoriam","title":"Sacks, In Memoriam","description":"\u003ch2\u003e\n\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"fontstyle0\"\u003eRuth Meyer Sacks, In Memoriam, Music For Our Time\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"fontstyle0\"\u003efor solo guitar\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRuth Meyer Sacks’ composition, In Memoriam, Music For Our Time, is a four-movement work for solo guitar commissioned by the Orpheus Academy of Music for Austin guitarist, Klondike Steadman. This composition reflects the composer’s personal feelings and experiences in response to the first year of the pandemic, as well as the larger current state of our world. The first movement, entitled Shelter in Place, is about the claustrophobic anxiety, boredom, and anger that was widely felt during the early days of the quarantine. The second movement, entitled Flatten the Curve, was inspired by the daily graphs showing the varying number of covid cases, the anxiety caused by these graphs, and the desire to lower these numbers. The third movement, entitled Uncertainty, reflects the composer’s personal uncertainty regarding the pandemic, as well as political and societal uncertainty and frustration. The final movement, entitled In Memoriam, is a tribute to the multitude of lives that have been and continue to be lost due to both illness and social injustice. In this composition, Meyer Sacks explores eclectic contemporary compositional techniques, but applies them within an accessible setting. The musical ideas range from tonal melodies to more abstract patterns and special effects. 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