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Spider Baby, commissioned for the 1996 Indianapolis Calderfest celebration, was composed in August 1996 in Los Angeles and New York City and first performed by the Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra in October 1996, Kirk Trevor, conductor.  It is a work 'inspired' by two primary Calder-isms: 1. his healthy pre-occupation/obsession with spiders in the 1950's (when the composer was a baby...)--spiders big + small...as depicted in numerous delicate wire sculptures, giant iron sculptures, line drawings, rug designs, paintings, etc.; and 2. Calder's studio--a giant room packed from floor to ceiling, wall to wall with thousands of pieces and scraps of iron, metals and woods.  Spider Baby is an adventure in flux: motion, contrast, experimental fusion of ideas, recurring (altered) motives (floating in space), presence and 1950's SciFi suspense...(with an affectionate nod to Bronislaw Kaper's THEM!...).  Finally, with more than passing references to 1950/60's coffee house action improv jazz, an alternate title for this piece might be...Spider, baby.  --Michael Schelle

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