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Infinite Spinning (2018)


Instrumentation: flute, clarinet, violin, cello, percussion, piano
Duration: 7 minutes

Finalist, Left Coast Chamber Ensemble Composition Contest 2022
Finalist, Kaleidoscope Chamber Orchestra Call for Scores 2020
Selected for the Boston New Music Initiative Call for Scores 2019 
Honorable Mention, Flute New Music Consortium 2018 
Composed for American Modern Ensemble at the Mostly Modern Festival  2018
Program Note:
       When asked to describe my music, I typically discuss a dichotomy that has gradually emerged in my composing. There are pieces which are introspective, nostalgic, or delicate, and then there are pieces which are the exact opposite: animated, kinetic, extroverted. Infinite Spinning is an example of the latter category. At the beginning of the piece’s writing process, I was determined to create something euphoric, a joyful burst of sound. As I jotted down a number of sketches and arranged them in various collages on the living room wall, it wasn’t until the twentieth sketch that I found something I felt exciting enough to pursue. The piece developed around this new material, retaining elements of the jubilant character initially decided upon, but began to focus more on its quality of continuous, self‐propelling motion.
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       The working title, Absolute Joy, was scrapped for Infinite Spinning when the work ultimately grew into a perpetuum mobile. Taking its name from the Latin phrase for “perpetual motion,” a perpetuum mobile is a type of piece, or section of a larger musical work, that consists of consecutive short notes, equal in length, performed at a fast speed. The classic example of this is Nikolai Rimsky‐Korsakov’s Flight of the Bumblebee, but other well‐known examples are the finales of Samuel Barber’s violin concerto and Frédéric Chopin’s second piano sonata. With the exception of a few moments in Infinite Spinning, the piece adheres to the perpetuum mobile nature, sprinting along through a patchwork of contrasting instrumental colors.

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    • Chamber >
      • Afterlove
      • Aurora Fanfare & Dance
      • Big Ideas!
      • Brevity is the Soul of Wit
      • Burlesquing Movement
      • Elegy
      • Groove Passing
      • Infinite Spinning
      • Liquidus
      • Music with Oliver
      • Playtime
      • Quadraphonics
      • Red Riding Pictures Proudly Presents
      • Ripple Cycles
      • Serenade for the Ghosts
      • Suite
      • To Rose
      • Toy Chest
    • Piano >
      • Petite Suite
      • Spiral Suite
    • Solo >
      • Mes Amis
      • Mikroczellos
      • Rhapsodie
      • Shades of Green
    • Band/Wind Ensemble >
      • Rocky River Counterpoint
      • The Hinz Waltz
      • The Hinz Waltz 2
    • Orchestral >
      • Jest
      • Many Universes
    • Solo and Ensemble >
      • Loneliness and Imaginations
      • Morceau pour Sill
    • Vocal/Choral >
      • All You Need
      • Lacquer Prints
      • To See a World
      • Untitled Meditation
    • Electronic >
      • Artificial Rainstorm
      • Gasp Grids
      • Requiem
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