PARTICIPATION
Duet for Trombone and Table Saw
A few summers ago, I was working on a project cutting large pieces of plywood on a table saw. During a lengthy cut, I wasn’t paying attention to my hand placement and pushed my right hand straight across the blade. At first I didn’t even know what happened, I pulled my hand back before it had started bleeding. When I finally looked, I saw my flesh ripped out of my glove and my thumb hanging on by a thread. I screamed and my brother swiftly rushed me to the hospital.
The piece begins with a bowed saw blade and soft air sounds, and grows into chaotic anguish expressed through the sound of a table saw whirring, blades crashing, and a trombone shrieking.
Levy Barlevy is a classically trained trombonist who began her serious studies at the age of 15. At the California Institute of the Arts, she explored extended techniques and New Music. With a strong foundation in classical technique, improvisation, and composition, Levy writes and performs original works all around Los Angeles.
Artist Location: Los Angeles, CA
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