questions

written for the 2020 Lake George Music Festival Composer Institute

ensemble vocal violist

duration 8:30
written 2020
for Wendy Richmann
premièred summer 2020, Lake George Composer Institute

Program Note:

The third piece in the Novel Encounters series. This series of 10 pieces is my response to making music in isolation during the global pandemic. Each piece is for a single performer, and varies in style and instrumentation. iii. questions is for vocal violist It is an explorations of simple questions with visceral implications. Each question is in its own miniature and has its own unique style. These questions are:

How much is enough? Am I a product? Was it worth it for you? Don't we all? How's that feel?