Concertimento

Most compositions start with an improvisation, a spontaneous revelation! This work "Flow Motion" (1999) is incomplete, yet vital to my development. Sometimes not finishing a work can be a profound experience. As a composer I think I am too pragmatic, always having to get my own works performed and that thought can become confining. This Flow Motion Technique involves using graphic notation to sketch the form of the work and then us it like a blueprint to fill in the 'composed' sections of the piece. ! But sometimes the white heat of inspiration can be too overwhelming to document. I developed short hand - grids, graphics, etc - to 'capture' the energy, in particular, for 'place'. Geography deeply influences my work ( nothing unique really) - especially the cracks and crevices of New York City, my hometown for some 13+ years now. "Flow Motion" is playable I think as an improvisational system, but somehow it remains incomplete and I enjoy the i

This time of the year I notice the days are longer, the light has changed into a more azure texture. I have been editing some of the "NanoMusic" pieces from 2010. Most of these pieces are for postcard or smaller photos. Some are very pragmatic, other works more dreamscape. I envisioned a plan to write music for every city park in Williamsburg - but I quickly forgot that idea! But I do love parks, music in parks, the solace of silence that parks provide, pine kinda quiet. Of course these pieces continue you my interest in smaller chamber groups infused with improvisation coinciding with fabulous musicality! This Work "Father Jerzy Popieluscko Square" is score for Flute, Bass Clarinet, Piano, Violin, Cello - marker 'Autumn Allegro'. this park is at the north corner of the HS for Automotive Arts - Bedford @ Lorimer St.