Belinda Reynolds : Between You and Me... (1997/2001)
for violin, vibraphone, CD, & live video

Notes by the composer :
"... Lies. Secrets. How people deal with lying is the focus of this work. In 1997, I interviewed five women, of different ages and backgrounds. Of each of them I asked the following questions: "What is your definition of a lie?", "When, if ever, is it okay to lie?", "Tell me about an experience in which you either lied or were lied to", and "Do men and women lie differently?" The tapes from these interviews became the basis for this simple, yet disturbing work. 'Between You and Me...' was commissioned in 1997 for Twisted Tutu as part of the Common Sense Composers1 Collective Fourth Annual Collaboration Project. The video projections are of original photos of the women whose voices I sampled.

I decided to to do an arrangement for ELECTRA in 2001, after they expressed interest in performing a recording of the piece as a pre-concert opener to one of their shows. I felt the music could work beautifully with violin and vibes, while maintaining the intimate nature of the women's voices I had recorded.

Belinda Reynolds ..."

Belinda Reynolds (USA-California) completed her Doctor of Musical Arts and Masters of Musical Arts at Yale University, where she studied with Martin Bresnick, Jacob Druckman, Jonathan Berger, and Tania León. Ms. Reynolds also studied with Tristan Murail at the American Conservatory in Fontainebleu and with Louis Andriessen at the Atlantic Center for the Arts. Reynolds is Vice-President of the composers1 cooperative, Common Sense, which has been responsible for the commission of over 50 new works, written for such organizations such as the Albany Symphony and the Meridian Arts Ensemble.

Reynolds' music has been performed by many organizations including the Da Capo Players, New Music Consort, the New Millennium Ensemble, Essential Music, Earplay, and The Albany Symphony's Dogs of Desire. Her music has been featured in o.a. the Spoleto 2000 Music Festival, Chicago Artists' Series, the Portugal New Music Festival, Wie Es Ihr Gefält, and the Aspen Music Festival. Reynolds has received grants and awards for her work from ASCAP, Meet the Composer, the American Composers Forum, the International League of Women Composers, and the New England Foundation for the Arts, among others.