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White Lament — Inside the Composition

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This article explores my orchestral composition process through the piece “White Lament”. What does a restrained lament sound like? White Lament explores melancholy through repetition, gesture, and suspended harmony. The piece does not express emotion directly—it suggests it through interruption and repetition. White Lament explores a restrained form of melancholy: not dramatic, but contained and … Read more

September — Inside the Composition

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Orchestral composition process What does the beginning of autumn sound like? September explores the subtle shift between cycles, using repetition and low-register rhythm to represent the passage of time. Originally written for piano, cello, and clarinet, and later arranged for woodwind quintet in Woodwinds Blowing, the piece explores the idea of cyclical time—how seasons return, … Read more