Shifting Tides
for wind band (2011), 6'
premiered by the University of Texas at Austin Symphony Band, Austin, TX
"When Shifting Tides was first commissioned in 2011, I immediately knew the kind of piece I wanted to write. With waves of changes happening in my life, in and out of school, I wanted to convey the joy (and sometimes chaos) of this time in my life through a piece for wind band, a medium that's very close to my compositional heart. The work consists of two main ideas, one slow and lyrical, the other lively and joyful, that interplay between each other, overlapping and crashing like waves on the shoreline. My hope is that the audience and performers are left with the same joy and excitement I had while writing this piece."