New Alchemy (2024)

for flute, clarinet in Bb (doubling bass clarinet), percussion, piano, violin, cello

Premiered on March 26th, 2024 in Burnes Hall, New England Conservatory

After an initial groove is deconstructed and slowed, fragments return and accumulate energy with improvisatory elements integrated among precisely notated motions.

Percussion: vibraphone, kick drum, low tom, medium tom, 2 glass bottles, snare drum, 2 woodblocks, suspended cymbal