Scored for three voices (two sopranos and tenor), clarinet, violin, ‘cello, and a
prerecorded CD part, this piece weaves together three texts that deal with issues
of gender fluidity/fragmentation in different ways. The CD part intertwines the
texts so that each story is heard in its entirety, but never from start to finish.
Musically, the goal of this piece is to reflect the fragmentation apparent in the
texts, and also to represent a move from being in conflict with fluidity and
mutability to being in harmony with it.
Regional winner of the 2009 SCI/ASCAP Student Composition Competition.
Recipient of the 2008 Norm Robertson Prize in LGBT Studies at Oberlin College.