Five Scenes for string quartet

Instrumentation: String Quartet

World Premiere: Spektral String Quartet: Clara Lyon (Violin), Maeve Feinberg (Violin), Doyle Armbrust (Viola), Russell Rolen (Cello); April 9, 2017; Galvin Recital Hall, Northwestern University

Duration: 7 minutes

Program Notes:

1.) Prelude 0:00 - 1:13

2.) Haze 1:14 - 2:59

3.) Ripples 3:00 - 4:30

4.) Aria 4:31 - 5:35

5.) Tick-Tock 5:36 - 7:03

I composed a series of five short vignettes. Each vignette (or scene as I title them) evokes a particular mood and explores a different timbre. The first movement, Prelude, introduces nearly all the different timbres expanded upon throughout the entire work, and they are developed further in the successive scenes. Towards the middle of the prelude, a fast and rhythmic motive is introduced. This dance-like motive connects nearly every other scene, either through its harmonies, rhythm or melody.