2022
for tuba-euphonium quartet with optional percussion — 6"
 
Commissioned by Steph Frye-Clark and ETSU as part of the Research Development Grant, Amplifying Queer Composers
 
Recording available here:
https://www.youtube.com/live/t_EWhRTKjFo?si=X8ga5eQW1CvAz7-_&t=3265
 
Program Note
Erotic, Robotic, Chaotic, Quixotic is a rhapsodic collection of moods that takes inspiration from Eastern European and Central American music. It was commissioned by Steph Frye-Clark and Eastern Tennessee State University as a part of the Research Development Grant, Amplifying Queer Composers. With a hypnotic euphonium solo, the piece begins with an osmotic collection of anecdotic flourishes. In the second section, a symbiotic relationship forms between neurotic figures that complete a periodic progression. In an episodic outburst-ic, the third section brings unpatriotic energy and homoerotic probiotics. At last, the parabiotic connection completes with an osmotic transitiotic into epiphytotic closotik of the composotic monoz̴y̵g̸o̴t̸i̸c̶ ċ̸͖h̶̠͊ė̸̻m̷̜̀i̷̫͗o̶̽͜š̶͖ḿ̵ͅo̵͉̅t̷͚̂i̸̛̗c̴̠̾ ̶̡͖̙͎̹̓̀̈́͝͝ȁ̴̧̞̙ć̵̱͌̐̍̃t̴̞̗͙̪̳͝ï̴̪̚ň̶̨̧̖̱͑̄o̴̻͇͆̾͂̃m̸̼͖̦͕̬̉̏ỳ̴͈̳̱̋̃͝ͅċ̷̝͙́̓̍͝o̴̪̙̮͑̿̐ṭ̶̟́̄̚i̸̤̱̓̆͆̇ĉ̵̥̐̕ ̴̛̖̀͑͘ͅe̷͇̫͒̈͛̓͝ņ̶̮͙̓̇͗͆͘ͅd̵̥̖̫̓̌́̏͝ͅò̵̲̦̼̼͜s̵̡̯̈̊͆͠y̸̢̘̠̏͊̎̕ͅm̶͎̫̏̔̏̚b̷̤͖͓̮͝í̶̻̚͝o̸̜̹̖̣̊ṯ̵̛̲͔͖̿ȋ̵̞́ͅͅc̷͓̞̄͗̃̿̓—