clarinet sextet · 2023 · difficulty - medium hard · 4'50"
on finding repose depicts the ethereal quality of the night sky. inspired by my journey to finding inner peace,
this work reflects on a time when my high school marching band stopped at a rest stop in the dead of the night.
something about the sky's presence made me truly grateful to be apart of the band that i'd so frequently felt
like an outsider of.
the works of takashi yoshimatsu, joe hisaishi, and katahj copley all invoke a meditative and grateful feeling deep within my soul, and this work’s harmonic language is strongly influenced by their work.
on finding repose also is also a reflection on my mistakes, and an apology to those affected. i hope this piece invokes in you something similar to inner peace that i felt that night.