Times in a Place (2014)

These sounds were loosely inspired by (mostly) fond reminiscences of my youth in rural Michigan, with the school year as the time scale. $25, including piano score, parts, and demo disk. Order here.

October was one of the most beautiful times, with crisp air and brightly leaved birch, maple, and beech trees, a great time to be outdoors. About 5:00.

February brings another sort of beauty, with its cold, white blanket of deep quiet conducive to solitude and flights of fancy; it concludes with a brief quotation of My Funny Valentine. Essentially a piano solo; about 4:00.

June is spring, which by then feels well earned; it’s more a time of beginning than ending. It begins with a sassy paraphrase of the well-worn Pomp and Circumstance march, and also quotes an ostinato from a piece I wrote for my college rock band. Toward the end is a drifting rendition of Auld Lang Syne. About 3:55. I’d rather not offer more detail than that, and there is little more anyway. I hope listeners will mine their memories and sentiments to find some nice ones from their own Octobers, Februarys, and Junes.