Audio Clip:

Toward Acceptance (1998)


flute (dbl piccolo), clarinet, horn, bassoon, marimba, piano, violin, viola, cello

Duration: 9 minutes

Toward Acceptance unfolds in progressively lengthening sections, each gradually increasing in harmonic tension by scaling the overtone series. The texture is ethereal.  The rhythm is sometimes free, pulsating and rigourous.  The tempo is flexible with incremental changes and periods of rubato.