Composed near the end of my mother’s long descent into dementia, as witness, I sought a release of wordless expression and reflection through music. (Audio is a midi realization)
Configurations
(Audio is a midi realization)
Changing By Turns
(Audio is a midi realization)
These Days
Soprano, Minkyung Lee beautifully captures the emotional essence of this song in her stunning performance on the Lux Musicae “Soloists” April 4, 2017 concert program at the Palmetto Center for the Arts.
These days – text
At Night
A reflection and questioning of life transitions and loves. At Night-text
Video features a recent InterXChange concert performance by Melanie Mitrano, with Gerson Galante on clarinet in São Paulo, Brazil. (A score of this version is available to purchase via the Score link.)
Winter’s Solitude
Program note: Clear, cold light and quiet introspection infuse two moods of existential contemplation on a winter’s day.
(Audio is a concert performance at Turtle Bay Music School, NYC.)
Why Is It?
Program note: A moment’s questioning of an emotional circumstance.
(Audio is a concert performance at Turtle Bay Music School, NYC)
Rhythm Modes
2015 CD Release:: ELEMENTS RISING, Navona Records NV5990, Produced by PARMA Recordings, features Moravian Philharmonic violinists: Vit Muzik, Jakab Látal, violins; Dominika Muzikova, viola; Marian Pavlik, cello.
The “modes” in Rhythm Modes include clocklike ostinato, canonic imitation and repetitions out of phase with either the meter or another instrument’s version of the same line. These rhythmic “modes” play upon the surface of the music in a lively intertwining of motives and melodies.
2001 Concert video features: Vita Wallace & Theresa Salomon, vlns; Liuh-Wen Ting, vla; Ariane Lallemand, vc.
Only to Ask
Audio is a recent concert performance by Vent Nouveau, with Katrina Owens, flute; Kristen Mather, clarinet; Briana Lehman, bassoon.
On Curious Reflection
Audio features concert performance by Nathan Shew, marimba, and Topher Ruggerio, piano, at the 2014 SCI National Conference.
A curious reflection on the emotional immediacy of a moment, and the more distanced self-observation in the moment.
Night Stream
Released 2015: ELEMENTS RISING, PARMA Recordings, Moravian Philharmonic violinists: Antonín Hradil, and Jakab Látal
Reflecting on the flow of life and time, imagined impressionistically as lights streaming across a rain-streaked window on a late night taxi ride through city streets.
(SoundCloud features violinists, Sylvia Ahramjian and Emily Hanna Crane performing at the 2014 PARMA Music Festival)
Performed by Miolina: Mioi Takeda & Lynn Bechtold on Minding Your Business cable show with June Middleton, Esq.
Moving Through Shadows & Light
A passage through an emotional landscape, moving through memories – at moments dark and remote, other times lucid.
(Audio is a midi realization)
Moonlit Mists
An impressionistic duet for marimba and piano. (Audio is a midi realization)
Jilted Tango – duet
The give and take in a dance of love. – RW
This is a lovely concert video of violinist, Moonkyung Lee‘s performance of Jilted Tango at the Seoul Art Center. She’s such an exquisitely skilled violinist.
Jilted Tango is included on Moonkyung Lee’s Navona Records album, PARTS TO PLAY.
In Conversation
Duets for a Duo
Audio features flute version concert performance by 2Flutes: Laura Falzon & Pamela Sklar
Two movements with only a brief pause between.
I. Reconsidering
In a contemplative mood… a lingering premonition that something may not be what it seems and must be reconsidered on a deeper level.
II. Amidst Confusion
The interplay of oboe and flute represents an emotional struggle that cannot be easily resolved amidst prevailing confusion.
Confidentially
A brief intimacy of a shared moment in confidence.
A Turn in Return
Originally composed as a submission to Hilary Hahn’s Encore Project call for scores, it is a quietly tender piece that has stayed close to my heart.
(audio is a midi realization)
A Dance of Two
(Audio is a midi realization)