Two Lyric Pieces
for Alto Saxophone & Piano
Duration c. 6'
Premiered in full in October 2023 by Lacey Yacketta and Ben Malkevitch
I. Wistful Goodbye
II. Days Ahead
Program Notes
Wistful Goodbye:
Composed during a very pivotal moment in my academic career in which I had to challenge what I wanted to with my future, Wistful Goodbye was a direct response to my struggle with letting go of what I thought my entire life would be my path into the future. There’s still a sense of melancholy looking back on it, but also newfound light looking into an unknown but promising future.
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Days Ahead:
Days Ahead was composed in reaction to Wistful Goodbye, aiming to be the positive outlook I had in leaving behind a life path I had thought would be the one I followed. In composing this movement, I actually took a 1 year break so I could truly experience what it felt like to be living the new path I dictated for myself and use that to inform the attitude I had in composing Days Ahead.
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