About:  In the fall of 2009, my grandmother passed away. Several months later, my childhood Golden Retriever companion died as well. It was a period of reflecting on loss, distance, and change. One night I talked on the phone with my brother, who was living overseas at the time. After hanging up, I played what would be the opening chords of this piece on the piano. Their weight, starkness, and simplicity expressed for me what words couldn’t. A melody grew, carried by the horn’s distant, noble stillness. Of Growing Old and Change is my musical summary of this somber season.

Premiere:  Beau Knechtel and Rachel Trenbeath on October 27th, 2010 at Biola University’s Lansing Auditorium, La Mirada, CA. 

Instrumentation:  horn in F, piano

Duration:  ca. 7 minutes

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