Program Note

Composing for your own instrument can often be one of the most intimidating projects. My musical experience is rooted in piano performance, and I’ve felt that very intimidation from the massive—and well-loved—repertory every time I compose for the instrument. Fury is an outgrowth of that experience, and the struggle to find an interesting mixture of the genres I love. It is a short piece inspired by romanticism, virtuosity, noise, process music, and (probably most of all) heavy metal.