All the Small Things (2019)
I. Echo
II. Evanesce
III. Effervescence
for wind quintet (fl. ob. cl. hn. bsn.)
Duration: 10 minutes
1st International Eduardas Balsys Young Composers Competition, finalist
Program Notes
I initially planned on writing this piece as a short compositional practice using unexploited fragments from my daily music sketchbook. Prior to this piece, I have always intentionally tried to filter out the pop-rock-punk styles that influenced me as a teenager and never truly embraced these elements into my music as they do not sound in sync with the overall serious-contemporary styles. After some encouraging advices from my teacher, Michael Gandolfi, I decided to fully unleash the leftover, cheesy materials from my daily sketches and not worry about the piece sounding un-classical - an experience that ended up being surprisingly pleasant. The title selection of “All the Small Things” came from a song by blink 182, a band I grew up listening to, and the materials of this work came from frivolous musical elements that are trivial and elusive individually but powerful and captivating when combined.