My intention in writing Impressions was to present to both the audience and the performers short and simple character pieces, each leaving very contrasting mental images of people, places, or
Though my training as a musician and a composer is firmly rooted in western art music, more specifically within an American collegiate environment, a lot of my inspiration and musical influences come from
Metamorphosis for two oboes and piano explores the idea of rebirth and growth through trials and tribulations. The work concludes with a quote from Ralph Waldo Emerson that brings together the
Using the translated poems of Chinese women poets from the 3rd century through the 20th century, the soprano and oboe weave a story of love, death, life, and what we hold close to our hearts.