WIND, WATER, SAND (2024)
This piece is part of my National Park Series
Written for the Boulder Philharmonic in collaboration with Great Sand Dunes National Park, this ten-minute work takes listeners on a journey through the mystical, shifting world of the tallest sand dunes on Earth. Moving through delicate nuances, frightening rushes of sound, and majestic grandeur, this piece is a great showcase for a professional orchestra.
“...energetic ideas that are wonderfully evocative of motion. The intricate, rippling quality of these opening gestures suggest the wind flowing over the dunes, or the ripples of the stream that runs alongside the dunes. Thereafter, the orchestral sound is colorful and suggestive...”
”On the basis of its musical qualities alone, Wind, Water, Sand deserves a future in concert halls.”
