HANDIWORK (2023)
“HANDIWORK” is a short piece for modified clarinet quintet (violin, viola, cello, contrabass, and clarinet) commissioned by the Philadelphia Ballet for their 2023 All-City Dance Ensemble Performance and composed under the mentorship of John B. Hedges.
My overarching goal was to illustrate the process of creation. I introduce a motif that emerges from a sort of musical “primordial soup.” This motif proceeds to mold and change throughout the piece, taking on multiple forms throughout the piece, and by the end, it manifests itself in full.