SUPERCHARGE [5.2025]
A study in maintaining energy, this chamber winds piece grabs the listener by the collar and doesn’t let them go. Even in it’s quiet moments, lines of anxiety and tension are always present. Make sure you have an energy drink before playing this one…you’ll need it.
Performance time - c. 5.5’
OUTBURSTS [6.2025]
This slightly theatrical violin duet pits the players against each other in an intense argument. This highly rhythmic, grooving, aggressive duet is great for any violin players that want to take out their anger…
Performance time - c. 6.5’
COURSE THROUGH THE VEIN [6.2025]
This violin + piano duet is an homage to the opening of Ligeti’s famous “Musica Ricercata”. At the end of the first movement, he carefully shapes the music using the note A and then eventually ending on D (kind of) at the very end. I do the same here, except I utilize the entire timbral possibilities of each instrument to create a more colorful and varied composition. A “modulation” to D also occurs in this work, but I KEEP going. Epic harmonies lift the music to new heights by the end, finally breaking free from it schackles.
Performance time: c. 5.5’