False Awakening

Also known as a double dream, a dream within a dream, or nested dream, false awakenings are usually vivid dreams in which you mistakenly feel like you’ve woken up, to only realize this too was a dream once you are fully awake. This quintet for 4 keyboards and percussion is meant to be an individualistic experience, leaving the listener to decide what this dream entails, and what it may mean. Throughout False Awakening, we experience a healthy balance of secure and uncertain emotions. Like a dream, the piece begins with no preparation. There is no recollection of how we arrived, we are just there. Slowly more instruments join, giving more clues as to our surroundings, until all instruments are playing, solidifying our place in the dream.