Steadfast

Category : 1+1+1... a film series
Nov. 23, 2021 at 2:28 p.m. PST

Performed by Marcus Goddard, trumpet

Composed by John Oliver
Directed by Sean Patrick Shaul

Filmed at the Anvil Theatre, New Westminster on February 8, 2021 (this film has not yet been premiered)

Statement from John Oliver, composer:

“In this work, the trumpet player plays into a computer, and only those sounds are used to create the sound world that envelopes the player. No other sounds are added to what you hear. The first thing we hear is the pulse of life that builds and builds, created with wistful lyrical phrases. But things speed up and intensify, gradually getting more and more extreme and out of control. The sound environment that (s)he nourished in the beginning and caused to grow now overwhelms the player. What to do?”