Instrumentation: Trumpet, Piano

Duration: approx. 7.5 min.

Program Notes: Meditation, at a Loss (2021) grew from a friendship with trumpet player and fellow Hartt student Jack MacDonald. As an outsider to the brass world, I was first inspired by the trumpet standards that MacDonald was passionate about. From there, my piece became a study of shifts in emotion, both musically and programatically. It loosely follows a battle between moments of intense anxiety and fleeting moments of peace. 

Premiere Information: Meditation, at a Loss was premiered by Jack MacDonald and Arisa Sato at Silencing Veronica: A Senior Recital on April 22nd, 2023.