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firefall

Instrumentation: Brass Ensemble

Duration: ca. 4 minutes

Premiere: 2023

Dedication: Southern California Brass Consortium

Level: 5-6

Nature and Time…

….kineticism. beauty, and power…

…new beginnings…

…a rush of cascading light of orange and red glow Horsetail Fall in Yosemite

National Park…

WILDFIRES for Orchestra

Instrumentation: Large Orchestra

Version for chamber orchestra is available.

Duration: ca. 5 minutes

Year: 2019

Level: 4-5

Wildfires Program Notes for MCO premiere

Destruction and rebirth across the California landscape, Wildfires for orchestra, explores the devastating fires that occur due to the ever-evolving current climate crisis of the state. Emulating the kinetic soundscapes of the environment, the virtuosic work contrasts the moments of blaze by alternating the bombastic brass, percussion, and “bickering” woodwinds with moments of stillness with the use of sustained strings. Wildfires is a selected movement from A California Symphony (2019).

Watch the premiere performance below:

idioPATHic for solo oboe

Ryan Roberts, oboist (NY Phil)

Piano Sonata

Correspondence: "The Blessing"

Em’ Strange Rhythm

Shibui & Noh

SOULS