Clockwork (2015)

General Information

Written: October – December, 2015
Duration: ca. 4’
Instrumentation: 2 fl + ob + 2cl + tba + pf

Performance History

February 19, 2016: Sarah Moon and Tierni Kaufman (flutes), Jenna Wong (oboe), Jenny Yoon and Joanna Im (clarinets), Kevin Im (tuba), Benjamin Beckman (piano) at the Saperstein Theater, Los Angeles, CA (World Premiere)

Program Note

Clockwork is one of my earliest pieces. It is symmetrical around its midpoint – a blossoming climax that one can liken to an automaton coming to life – which surrounded by ever-ticking clockwork-like material that makes up the body of the piece. Written for a group of friends for a school chamber music concert when I was only 14 years old, the piece foreshadows a lot of musical concepts I explored heavily in my teens and still do to this day – symmetry in form, polyrhythmic interest, and modal harmonies. (Note written in 2021)