All the Small Things (2019)
I. Echo
II. Evanesce
III. Effervescence
for wind ensemble
(1 Picco. 2 Fl. 2 Ob. 3 Cl. 1 Bass Cl. 2 Bsn. 4 Sax (AATB) 3 Tpt. 4 Hn. 3 Tbn. 1 Euph. 1 Tuba. 4 Perc.)
Duration: 11 minutes
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.