Little Pieces of Us
• written for Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Horn, and 4 Violins;
10’ 00”
( 2023 )
Program Note
As we get older, we learn new things and meet new people. We find things in ourselves and things in others. Whatever these little pieces of us are, we discover them and accept them, we challenge them and change them. By the end of your life’s current chapter, where are things at, and how do they sit?
“Sometimes questions are more satisfying than answers. What, in fact, does this musical piece mean?
That, might just be a little piece of me.”
— Connor Gibbs, November 17, 2023
Performances
Premiere: Abrianna Doppenberg (flute), Jacob Pagone (oboe), Irelynn White (clarinet), Kyan Carlson (horn), Kyra Gurath and Xaria Gurath (Violin I), and Tessa Letham and Giyun Seo (Violin II)
Augustana University, Sioux Falls, SD, February 16, 2024, conducted by Thomas Fortner