Instrumentation: Flute, Viola, Piano, and Cello

Duration: approx. 5 min. 

Program Notes: Conceptually, Three Miles From Warmth was loosely inspired by To Build a Fire by Jack London, a short story about an unnamed man who ventues into the icy Yukon forest and is overtaken by the fatal weather conditions. Though not moved initially, I was reminded of the story while writing Three Miles From Warmth, a piece which depicts a person walking through snow, so caught up in its beauty and nostalgia for happy winter memories that they don't notice they're freezing.

See the version for Flute, Alto Saxophone, Piano, and Cello here!