Isolated Accomplishments

We live at some distance, both culturally and physically, from high-populations areas that, under normal circumstances, are buzzing with musical activity, so I'm used to working in a relative state of isolation. But these past three and a half months have done away with anything having to do with relativity.

Yesterday I finished a project that has been in the works for about a year, and today, in celebration of a task accomplished, I have compiled a list of the music that I have written and the music that I have arranged since we began isolating on March 14.

Music:

Saprophyte I for String Quartet

Birthday Piece Number Twelve for Viola d’amore and piano, the final installment in a series.

Eleven Miniature Studies for Violin Solo

Quo Vadis for Euphonium and Woodwind Quintet, a piece that will have its premiere in July as a distanced performance video. Then it will go into the IMSLP.

A Tunes: Capricious Pieces for Beginner Violinists a book of twenty-four caprices that will be published by Mel Bay.

"Impressions", five songs set to poems by Alice Ruth Moore (who is otherwise known as Alice Dunbar-Nelson).

"The Gift of the Condor" an entertaining animal-themed piece for narrator, chamber orchestra, and solo kid violinist that we hope will have great success in the children's concert circuit, once we start playing concerts again.

Arrangements:

"Scarborough Fair" for Solo Viola

J.S. Bach Adagio from the F minor Violin Sonata, BWV 1018, arranged for String Quartet, Clarinet Quartet, and Viola Quartet

Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 6 Finale for string sextet

Florence Price "Adoration" in a new arrangement for flute and piano

I have a couple more arrangements to do, and then I guess I'll just write some more new music. Writing music has provided a great escape from the fears and horrors of the outside world.