colored lines, gray lines (2019)

General Information

Commissioner: Carnegie Hall Weill Music Institute for musicians of the 2019 National Youth Orchestra of the United States of America (NYO-USA)
Written: July 2019
Duration: ca. 6’
Instrumentation: ob + hn + vla + vcl + pf

Performance History

June 23, 2019 (reading): Peter Davies (oboe), Scott Sanders (horn), Miranda Lucas (viola), Roric Cunningham (cello), Ashley Kim (piano) at The Performing Arts Center, SUNY Purchase College, Purchase, NY

Perusal Score

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Program Note

This piece is about letting go.

This piece is about the blur of memory - those we cherish fondly, and those that have disappeared with all but a trace from our minds.

This piece is about the lines of experience each of us lives with: those that remain in color, and those that turn gray with time or pain or distance.