(Four Pieces for) String Quartet (2013)

These four pieces are a culmination of a rather strict neo-classical style I had been cultivating for a few years while studying traditional harmony and voice-leading. The spirits of Britten, Stravinsky, and Nadia Boulanger hover over each of them.

Though they were originally conceived as a single work, I’m no longer convinced that they work together (there’s no fast music) but are perfectly nice separately.

May 7, 2016
Jan Popper Theater, UCLA

I. Prelude (Fugato) - 0:00
II. Air - 3:04
III. Intermezzo - 6:02
IV. Chant - 8:05

Stephanie Spencer, violin I
Catherine Arai, violin II
Julien Altmann, viola
Jeffrey Ho, cello

First performance on November 14, 2013, at UCLA, by Rachel Ostler Abbott, Camille Miller, Alec Santamaria, and Philip Abbott