Cyclopes

Cyclopes

Cyclopes: sounds of the Beginning and the End

Cyclopes is a series of four antiphonal woodwind ten-tets of homogeneous instrumentation. Musicians are positioned surrounding the audience providing a concert experience that is both immersive and surreal. Compositions for the ensembles focus on the creation of the universe, the chakras, monsters from the biblical cannon, and the end of the universe. These ensembles are mobile and prepared to perform in both traditional and non-traditional performance spaces.

“The Cyclops” by Odilon Redon

The History of the Cyclops

“…They were blood-related to the Titans and gods of Olympus… Giants with a single eye in the middle of their forehead and a foul disposition. They were strong and stubborn. Collectively they became synonymous with brute strength and power, and their name was invoked in connection with massive masonry. They were often pictured at their forge… having produced the lightning bolts used by Zeus himself.”

Repertoire:

Cyclopes: Air - The Chakras

Cyclopes: Earth - The Progeny of the Fallen

Cyclopes: Water - The Breath of the Kosmos

Cyclopes: Fire - The End of Being

The

Meaning

of 10

“TAROT SYMBOLISM: Key 10 The Wheel of Fortune. The symbol corresponding to this card is the closed hand, indicating mental comprehension. To grasp is to own; and to grasp your place in the world is to grasp what and who you really are. Therefore you never suffer material deprivation. The number 10 begins a new cycle, a repetition of the 1. Rotation and cyclicity are the keywords for the Wheel of Fortune. All is in the process of becoming; change is the only constant, so in due time, all things come to pass.”

-Numerology and the Divine Triangle

The Chakras:

-The Crown

-The Third Eye

-The Throat

-The Heart

-The Solar Plexes

-The Sacral

-The Root

The Progeny of the fallen:

-The Watchers

-The Minister of the Goddess

-The Book of the Giants

-A Third and Terrible Dimesion

-The Flood

The Breath of the Kosmos:

-Before Beginning

-Three Into One: The Formation of the Matrix

-The Dance of the Substances

-Ens Vegetalis: The Den of Eden

The End of Being:

-The Corruptors + The Deceiver of the World

-The Spiritual Wasteland

-Seven Trumpets

-Philadelphia

-The War of Heaven

-The Death of Matter

-The End of Being