Until

until the
moon brought silver light
to the yard

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"What is Hecuba to him, or he to Hecuba, that he would weep for her?"

William Shakespeare; Hamlet.

her face

the blackness
of wintertime night
hid her face

Bourbon

from my glass
the tinkle of ice
and Bourbon

Chanel

Her soft lips
brush against my cheek,
the smell of Chanel

At twilight

At twilight
rain began to fall
on the hills.

In she walks

In she walks
at quarter past nine,
late again.

Her red dress
in the right places
Oh so tight.

on her lips
a lit cigarette
and a smile

She orders
a Scotch on the rocks,
nothing more.

Her soft voice
the music of the spheres
to my ears

She

She orders
a Scotch on the rocks,
nothing more.

Clouds

Cold grey clouds
cover the valley,
L.A. June

Her voice

Her soft voice
the music of the spheres
to my ears

Red

Her red dress
in the right places
Oh so tight.

Her Lips

On her lips
a lit cigarette
and a smile

Warm sunlight

Warm sunlight
on my plate, shortbread,
Darjeeling.

Evolution I

Evolution I for percussion ensemble is built on a single 25 note rhythmic pattern where the last note of the pattern becomes the first note on the pattern when it is repeated.

The original pattern was two bars long, this is performed by the conga when it enters. The other instruments (with the exception of the snare drum) all play the same 25 note pattern either in an augmented (mostly) or diminished note durations so as the pattern can last as long as 16 bars or as short as a bar.

The piece gradually builds as more instruments enter the fry and the volume increases. The piece ends when all of the instruments reach the end of their pattern at the same time at the down beat of letter "G".

While specific instruments are indicated in the score, performers should feel free to substitute instruments with what they have available; keeping in the relative "pitches" and the decay characteristics of the instruments in mind.

Ursus Demens


Note: The score's indicated duration of 4'33" was not planned nor intended, it just randomly happened.

Random tears

random tears
falling from the sky
it is done.