Virgin Soil (2015)

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Commissioned in 2015 by Alarm Will Sound for the 2015 Mizzou International Composers Festival. 8'

Virgin Soil is a field in which three themes are independently cultivated in ruffled patches of paper, books, and coins. Once plucked, they are braided into a new rhythmic ecology.

An interview with the Columbia Missourian about the work can be found here.