(D)evolution ForSoloPiano
August2024
ProgramNotes
(D)evolution(2024)waswrittenforthefirstpianoandcompositionstudiocollaborativeevent atJamesMadisonUniversity.ThepiecewasawayinwhichIwantedtoincorporatethe twelve-tonestyleintomyowncompositionsbutstillstaytruetomyownvoice.(D)evolution wasinspiredbyatonerowwrittenbyafriendinanattemptofspitballingideas,thoughthe rowitself(B,D,F,A,C,E,Eb,Bb,Db,Gb,F,G)isveryrarelypresentedinaclassic,stricttwelvetonestylebutratherpermeatesthecompositioninfragmentsofvaryinglengths,transpositions, inversions,retrogrades,andretrograde-inversions.Theworkcanbedelineatedinto2sections; thefirsthalfisreminiscentofapianonocturne,exploringadarkersideofthepiano,beforeit slowlymorphsintoafastgroovelikesectionthatgrabsthelistenerandholdsontothemuntil thereturnoftheopeningbutinretrograde