Your Smile
This piece for Wind Trio was a study undertaken as part of a music composition course with Joseph Sowa, PhD, in October 2023. It paints a picture of distant tragic memories, like the death of a loved one. Over times, memories of such a loss can become less painful, and can even become somewhat touching and inspiring. This piece attempts to reflect the warmth that can come with time and after internal struggle.
Our assignment was for Wind Duet of Oboe & English Horn, but my collaborator, Barbara Timmerman, suggested including her husband on Tenor Saxophone. Barbara played English Horn. Her instructor, Jennet Ingle, played Oboe. It was recorded on 13 December 2023: