premiered by Greyson, May 10, 2018, Oregon Center for the Arts at Southern Oregon University, Ashland, Oregon
Program Note
a wave, slowly lifting… was originally conceived at the marimba—Greyson’s specialty and an instrument for which I had never written a solo. The intention was to create music that could be played on any keyboard instrument. And so, the performer is encouraged to make a wave, slowly lifting…their own: switch up the instrumentation, the tempo, the register, etc. In that spirit, Greyson premiered the piece (originally called soon) on vibraphone and glockenspiel.