Ripple Study II (2025)

General Information

Written: January – April, 2025
Duration: ca. 3’
Instrumentation: 3 flutes (3rd doubling piccolo), 3 oboes (3rd doubling English horn), 2 clarinets, bass clarinet, 2 bassoons, contrabassoon; 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 2 trombones, bass trombone, tuba; timpani, 3 percussionists, piano, harp, and strings
Performance History: April, 2025: Thornton Symphony Orchestra at Schoenfeld Hall, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA (Open Reading)

Program Note

Ripple Study II builds upon ideas I first explored in a chamber work, Ripple Study I. In Ripple Study II, I experimented with various possibilities of expanding ideas from the first study into the orchestral context, as a primer for a future larger work.

Recording available upon request. Please use the contact form linked in the menu above, or email me at ben.beckman@yale.edu.