The final installment of the Spring 2009 9th Grade Recognition Concert is March of the Sun-dried Tomatoes by Julie Giroux.
The inspiration for this piece, according to the composer, was the following incident:
This is the woeful tale of a day in the kitchen with a recipe that called for, among other things, sun-dried tomatoes and red wine. I like to think of myself as a cook, though I cannot convince many others of that fact, but had not encountered sun-dried tomatoes before. I had plenty of tomatoes growing in my little garden, and as hot as it was, there were a few on the vine that were almost dried already due to a little neglect on my part. Needless to say, after baking them to a crisp, which didn’t work, and microwaving them into oblivion, another disaster, the recipe was a complete failure and by the end of the day, a salami sandwich and a pickle was my fare. I know now you can buy sun-dried tomatoes in the store, but I will never partake of that particular recipe again.
Kaity plays auxiliary percussion in this selection, including a bird whistle, cymbal, wood blocks and a ratchet, pretty much everything but drums.
