Coney Tales (2024)

Instrumentation: Bb Clarinet and Piano

Duration: 7'

Commissioned by Linus Poon

Premiere at MM in Clarinet Performance Recital at The Hartt School, West Hartford, CT

Program Note: Clarinetist Linus Poon commissioned Coney Tales (2024) for a Master's Recital premiered at the Hartt School of Music Spring 2025. When developing the concept of the piece, the idea of composing an elegy while depicting the normal day of a family pet became an exciting balancing act. Coney Tales utilizes a more open-ended and improvisatory feel while depicting the slow-moving times for a day. Following the melancholic opening, there is a surge to reference the bursts of energy that pets normally have.