Travel Hazards (2022)
commissioned for the inaugural Akropolis Chamber Music Institute
flute, oboe, clarinet, alto saxophone, bassoon, percussion
Duration: 8 minutes
Performances:
Premiere by Taylor Francis, Tim Gocklin, Jacob Wolf, Zachary Robarge, Ryan Reynolds, and Noel Holloway at the 2022 Akropolis Chamber Music Institute as part of the Bay View Music Festival in Petoskey, MI, on August 10, 2022.
Tadeu Coelho, Claire Chenette, Oskar Espina-Ruiz, Robert Young, Stephanie Patterson, and Ksenija Komljenović at the Guest Artist and Faculty Chamber Music Showcase at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts, Winston-Salem, NC, on February 4, 2024.
Program Note:
After being inside for the past three years, I was able to travel extensively for the first time these past few months. A road trip back home to Oregon from Missouri, a three-day bender in Chicago, and a humid week in Louisiana. Of course there was an excitement in being able to visit old friends and see new sites, but along with all that is the exhaustion of the journey. And from flight delays to nonsensical traffic, nothing ever seems to go to plan. Travel Hazards acts as a sort of musical journal of some of these events.