Kurticus Music

The music of composer Kurt M. Mehlenbacher.

New Music

Everchanging Light: String Quartet No. 4

This is my second work written for a collaboration with the Phoenix Art Museum, the fourth string quartet written during my studies at ASU, and my first completed piece of 2010.  I was one of four composers selected to write a work that reflected a permanent piece in the museum galleries entitled Mohl ip by James Turrell. ...
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String Quartet No. 3: Chromo

This piece was actually started for two specific reasons:  1) There was a performance opportunity given to me in Paris that required a string quartet, and 2) Arizona State University was having a composition competition offered by the St. Lawrence String Quartet that required a newly written string quartet with an approximate length of 8 to 10 minutes. ...
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Now, Innumerable

This piece came out of a previously failed collaboration with Arizona poet Leah Soderberg.  We were supposed to work together on a piece for string quartet and text for a concert held at the Phoenix Art Museum, but, due to a series of unfortunate events, we both ended up working on individual projects for the concert, where they were both presented. ...
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