Slow Burn (1996)
solo percussion (3 brake drums, woodblock, snare drum, bass drum with pedal)
Slow Burn was composed during the early weeks of my first-born child's life. It reflects the fractured, disjunct nature that my life, particularly the nights, became immediately upon his arrival. As time passed, in my life and in this piece, these fractured events begin to fall into a pattern of their own, and thus are perceived as stable.