The Corn Knight

Chase Morrin and I started The Corn Knight as a project to explore the relationship between marimba and piano, spending hours inventing new orchestrational techniques and ways to groove together. Through this collaboration, we discovered a common thread in our musical sensibilities -- a love for simplicity and narrative -- and in the winter of 2015, decided to formally write and play a collaborative piece.

The Corn Knight is an hour-long story-piece, informed by a fictional narrative and composed of many short pieces, like chapters in a book. It is influenced by the music we study and admire and therefore draws from Irish and American Folk, Jazz, and Western Classical traditions. This piece is unique in that the structure is largely through-composed, but the details -- such as ornaments, grooving patterns, and in some cases, entire melodies -- are improvised.

Tracks

1	Birth of the Corn Knight	4:08
2	The Boy in the Cottage Window	4:56
3	Spirit Fishing	4:34
4	Dance of the Cairns	1:22
5	Her Name	2:19
6	Dream Storm	6:09
7	Riding the Tigbou	4:52
8	Night Beckons / Something's Chasing Me	4:45
9	Sundoor	5:43
10	The Knight in the Cottage Window	6:23

Credits