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Unabashedly (Flute/Piccolo, Violin, Cello and Piano). Premiered
on May 9, 2006 in Los Angeles, CA. Audio clips excerpted from the live premiere, May 9, 2006. |
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""Unabashedly" accomplished something that few composers or pieces of music can: it's music that defies gravity." ------Alan Chapman, host, Modern Masterpieces, KUSC-FM radio, Los Angeles |
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On any given day in any given order, my emotions span a very wide range. No, I'm neither depressed, manic nor schizophrenic (at least, not officially). But I am deeply aware: sensitive to the extremes of joy and pain on this little planet of ours. In the midst of such a spectrum, we need beauty and truth for our sanity. I try to create an open conduit for these qualities through music, hoping that the sounds will elicit a similar response from you as that which spurred me to string these notes together. Uneasy melancholy, anger and despair, quirky acceptance and calm, and finally, yes, complete elation. This is just a glimpse of the world around us, on any given day... in any given order. In art we can put these emotions forth in a very specific order if we so choose, and in a very direct manner. We can communicate as passionately and blatantly as we wish.
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