Coastal Suite for solo tuba (2018)
Program Note
This piece was inspired by the beauty, both manmade and natural, of Heceta Head, a coastal shore replete with mysterious caves, buttery frothing waves, and what appears to be giant glowing gem within the lighthouse. Each movement portrays the coast at a different time of day: sunbeams stretching out over the sea as the sun rises; tidepools teaming with tiny strange critters trying to escape the noonday heat; and how a strange, rotating crystal within a looming tower catches the moonlight at nightfall.