Push//Pull (2019): Bb clarinet, violin, and cello.

Push//Pull was written for a set of pre-existing choreography by Kelsie White, in which six dancers abstractly embodied the way that liquids (at various levels of micro- and macro- structure) could behave. I became very interested in the idea that liquids could appear to be moving quite vigorously, but simultaneously create a feeling of stasis…somewhat like watching a hamster running on a wheel. I wanted to create multiple “streams” that cascaded freely over each other, while creating my own interpretive narrative arc for the music itself, as well as the dance.