Gabriel Jon Griswold
Senior Recital

April 13th, 2024, 12:30 pm
Ramo Recital Hall
University of Southern California

Completed in partial fulfillment of a Bachelor of Music in Composition

Photos (2023) - 2’
from The Efficacy of Life
projected video

Restless (2020) - 5’
Carter Williams, Harp

Baby Shoes (2024) - 5’
World Premiere
Elizabeth Chou, Piano

Miniature for a Friend (2024) - 4’
World Premiere
Sarah Wager, Double Bass

Frozen Movement in Silent Nothingness (2022) - 8’
Ella Kaale, Cello

The Construct of One (2023) - 4’
Directed by Hayden Rivas
contains: Ripples on Water (2019) and Nothingness (2021)
Winner of Dance Camera West, The Pacific Northwest Ballet Film Festival, Fuselage Film Festival, and F.O.R.M.
projected video

selections from Paris Dances (2023) - 5’
Number 2 - Emmie
Number 4 - Mia
Winner, USC Global Scholar Prize

Glistening Darkness (2022) - 8’
North American Premiere
Sofia Chamberlain - Violin 1
Ariana O’Connell - Violin 2
Cecile McNeill - Viola
Ella Kaale - Cello

Waltz for Stewart (2023) - 3’
from The Efficacy of Life
projected video

Photos 2 (2024) - 11’
Gabriel Jon Griswold, Piano
improvised piano and projected video

Thank you to each and every performer who performed today and/or took part in the creation of these pieces.
Thank you to my parents Mark and Sherry Griswold. Thank you to my teachers, Nina C. Young, Camae Dennis (Moor Mother),
Lauri Kilpiö, Tapio Tuomela, Alejandro Olarte, Donald Crockett, Veronika Krausas, and Ted Hearne.