Tricia Dawn Williams - Tiny Keys Big Sounds (2025) [Hi-Res]

Tracklist

01. Halloween Sugar Rush
02. Folia-Ulorz
03. Echoes from Tomorrow
04. The Illusionist's Magic Box
05. Petit Four: I. —
06. Petit Four: II.
07. Petit Four: III.
08. Petit Four: IV.
09. Il-Brimba
10. Four Toy Toccatas: I. —
11. Four Toy Toccatas: II. —
12. Four Toy Toccatas: III. —
13. Four Toy Toccatas: IV. —
14. W.A.R. - When Angels Rest: I. When
15. W.A.R. - When Angels Rest: II. Angels
16. W.A.R. - When Angels Rest: III. Rest
17. 4-8 Spots
18. An Otterly Serious Piece: No. 1, A Slightly Wet Overture
19. An Otterly Serious Piece: No. 2, Mama Otter's Lullaby
20. An Otterly Serious Piece: No. 3, A Tango "La Almeja"
21. An Otterly Serious Piece: No. 4, An Otterly Serious Fugue
22. Echolocate
23. The Seven Gifts of the Holy Spirit
24. A Story Left Untold

When Maltese pianist Tricia Dawn Williams posted a video of herself playing “5 Measures Out” by Olivia Kieffer on a toy piano in 2020, she had no idea this creative response to the isolation of lockdown would garner 9,000 views on Facebook in just over 3 days. Her enjoyment of Kieffer’s music, along with her fascination with the musical capabilities of the toy piano, led her to research more music, purchase more instruments, and to eventually create programs and an upcoming album around the instrument. Tiny Keys, Big Sounds, featuring music for toy pianos, will be released June 20, 2025. It is yet another creative project in a series of “outside the box” music experiences that marks Williams’ musical career.

Williams is a fearless pianist. She seeks and inhabits sound worlds most pianists don’t have the courage to enter. From toy pianos to inter-disciplinary performances; from the music of Maltese composers to pioneering the use of motion-capture technology to control and trigger electronic sounds with the MYO band interface on her forearms, Tricia Dawn Williams expands listeners’ understanding of what pianists and piano music can be. When I discovered her work I knew I wanted to feature her on No Dead Guys and I asked her for an interview. I’m honored that she said yes.

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