Compositions – Quartets
The Shape When You Fly
(2021)
two pianos, two percussion
Premiere:
November 13, 2025
Yarn/Wire
Boston Conservatory at Berklee
Boston, MA
Program Notes
The title is inspired by the large minor 7th intervals in the main melody that also occur throughout the piece. These large intervals sound like giant leaps which I interpret as flying. I hear these 7ths literally as the sound of the shape when you fly.