Diverse Variations on A-C-P (2009-2010)

Scored for oboe, violin, viola, ‘cello, and piano. Professional level; about 18 minutes. Winner of the first Rapido! Composition Contest sponsored in 2009 by the Atlanta Chamber Players. The three movements are all based on the notes A-C-B, the "B" serving as a stand-in for the letter "P." The "B" is derived by going through the musical alphabet of 7 notes (i.e. letters) two times, plus one more A and B, so that this last B lands on the 16th letter of the English alphabet, P. This little pattern is the essential DNA of the entire work. Virtually all melodic and harmonic material is somehow generated from it, and it makes possible a whole that is at once highly variable and intensely unified. $30, including piano score, parts, and demo disk; order here.