Publisher Desc.  Like a butterfly emerging from its cocoon, Becoming is a piece about transformation. The melody weaves in and out of the different voices of the ensemble. Violins, violas, and cellos all get a chance to be featured at various instances over the course of the piece. Lush harmonies rife with tone clusters and suspensions adorn the chords throughout the work. This composition offers many great ways to teach articulation, technique, and listening throughout: a slow tempo encourages attention to tone quality and controlling bow speed, there is lots of slurring, and major second harmonies draw focus to intonation.