âWhen playing a solo piece, I donât write notation because it does not need to be communicated to anyone else. I only write down words. Just a list of timestamps and words to describe the sounds Iâm going to move through. These are notes that only I would understand. Theyâre typed out like a setlist. Itâs just abbreviated little notes to myself that probably wouldnât even make sense to anyone else, and thatâs kind of the point of this music. Nobody else is going to play these pieces. Itâs almost like folk music in that way. â - Jessica Pavone
âWhat Happens Has Become Nowâ is out now on Relative Pitch Records
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Slicing through Silence: A Conversation with Jessica Pavone - PostGenre
Pablo Picasso once noted that âWithout great solitude, no serious work is possible.â In music, artists can converse in ways often words alone cannot. But there is also a great power in being alone. This power is known well by Jessica Pavone. Across her two decades of live performances and unaccompanied albums, the violist has