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Program Notes Below are the original notes that accompanied Elegism, which was one of my earliest substantive pieces of music. My close childhood friend’s father died suddenly and left our whole community in shock, and with so much grief. As an 18 year old, just beginning to understand how my thoughts translated into musical form, … Read more
Program Notes Chardonnay is one of my earliest pieces — I wrote it when I was seventeen years old, and just beginning to grapple with composition seriously. The piece is so indicative of where I was at that time in my life: it is inspired in equal parts by Debussy’s incredible solo flute piece Syrinx, … Read more
Information I wrote Desire when I was 17 years old — it was one of the very first pieces I ever wrote. The recording below is me, playing it at my high school senior recital with clarinetist Helen Goode-Castro. I don’t typically allow the score and parts out into the world for professional performances. I … Read more