Colorado Sketches is a set of piano pieces, each one evoking a place and moment in Colorado that was meaningful to me personally. Divide Forks Flame was inspired by a large fire we built at a campsite on a cliff, and the energy of the flames and sparks. Lakeside is more of a gentle walk, feeding ducks in the early morning. Craig Prelude is a pensive piece about a time spent at the Craig Hospital. The final number depicts collared lizards skittering over the rocks of the Colorado National Monument as I hike to Independence Monument. Special thanks to Daniel Nykamp, who is the featured performer in the audio recordings included below.

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The Heights could refer to Washington Heights, where you enter Manhattan over the George Washington Bridge, or Jackson Heights in Queens, where I raised my children. Both are places I lived in New York City. More generally, this piece is about the activity and emotions of my life in New York City. I wrote the Heights just after moving to Colorado, following twenty-five years of living in New York.

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Premiered by Arthur Houle, Piano; Brian Krinke, Violin; Krinsten Yeon-Ji Yun, Cello in November 2018