Program Note

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Turning Points presents four central musical ideas: an open fifth resonance, a rapidly repeated single-pitch figure, bouncy jazz-like spurts, and a gliding melody. Combined in a rather fractal way, each idea may be thought of as an additive. In this way, the character of each thematic section relies on how these ideas interact. Just as the particles in a kaleidoscope shift to create contrasting images, manipulations of the main musical gestures in Turning Points create new scenes.