Spark

for 13 performers

“Spark” is composed around the concept of exponential expansion. Similar to how a small spark can lead to a great fire under the right circumstances or a simple idea can multiply to create large societal change, my goal when writing this piece was to make a complex and musically dense soundscape while maintaining the integrity and groove of the initial simple melody. While “Spark” was primarily written in the spring of 2020, the main theme has been a melody that I have played around with since I first started writing music and thus became the perfect catalyst for my first large-scale percussion ensemble work.