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My knowledge of contemporary classical and experimental music is minuscule, but I have loved Ingram Marshall's Fog Tropes since Richard Kadrey plugged it in his 1995 novel Kamikaze L'Amour and it sounded interesting enough that I bought a CD of it.  The piece consists of a tape of foghorns (from San Francisco Bay) and a score for live brass ensemble; it sounds mysterious and mesmerizing, haunting and soothing.  For several months my daughter played it every night at bedtime.  It is the piece that catapulted Marshall to a successful career as a commissioned composer*.  Thus I made sure to attend the Cornell Electroacoustic Music Center's Leap Day Concert on Friday, which was to feature a performance of Fog Tropes with Ingram Marshall himself in attendance.  The live group for this performance was a brass sextet; in his introduction, Marshall professed it a rare treat to hear a tuba playing along with the foghorns.  It was a rare treat for me to hear Fog Tropes performed live at all, and I left with that feeling of having experienced real transcendence that is the gift of the very best art.  (And I got to shake hands with Marshall, too!)  Thanks to the iSound Player, I can offer Fog Tropes right here, as a stream or a free download (if the download doesn't work from here, then go here), and three more Ingram Marshall compositions as well.

* Based on the program notes by Stephen Gorbos.