Time's Graffiti: Lucky Calligraphy

Petroglyphs The Dancing Figure Blue Rain Raining on the Dancing Figure Time's Graffiti: Lucky Calligraphy is inspired by Hawaiian petroglyphs and Australian rock paintings. It is in four continuous sections with an environmental soundscape in the background throughout. The first section, Petroglyphs, centers on percussive sounds representing the tapping of petroglyphs in stone, and various kinds of Native American, New Zealand and small ceramic flutes and a didgeridoo. The Dancing Figure in the second section is inspired by Michael Robinson's poem, The Earth and the Dancing Man, which is a poetic musing about a dancing figure petroglyph. The soloist plays a light and lively middle-eastern dance in a made-up meter of 11/8 (modified from Karsilamas in 9/8), with accompanying flutes and percussion. In the third section of the piece, Blue Rain, the soloist slips into a blues accompanied by flutes, didgeridoo and gamelan in a rainforest. The fourth section, Raining on the Dancing Figure, builds up the elements from the other three sections into a lively finale. As I was composing this piece, I received the sad news of the loss of one of my inspiring teachers, "Lucky" Mosko, who taught me that the calligraphy of music should be as personal and beautiful as the music it represents. Time passes, we pass our knowledge and inspiration to others, who inscribe their own markings over the stones of time. Our lives and our work are time's calligraphy, the graffiti with which we mark our passage through the times in which we live. I offer this graffiti of music in memory of Lucky's calligraphy. This piece was commissioned by The National Flute Association, Inc. as the competition piece for the High School Soloist Competition in 2006.

《石刻舞蹈图》——蓝色雨滴：幸运书法，灵感源自夏威夷的石刻和澳大利亚的岩画。该作品分为四个连续部分，背景始终伴随着环境声景。第一部分《石刻》聚焦于代表在石上敲击石刻的打击乐声音，以及各种美洲土著、新西兰和微型陶瓷笛以及迪吉里杜管的音色。第二部分《舞蹈图》灵感来源于迈克尔·罗宾逊的诗作《地球与舞蹈者》，诗中描绘了石刻中舞蹈者的形象。独奏者在一种由11/8拍（从9/8拍的Karsilamas改编）构成的虚构节奏中演奏轻松活泼的中东舞蹈，伴随笛声和打击乐。作品的第三部分《蓝色雨》中，独奏者融入蓝调旋律，伴随着笛声、迪吉里杜管和甘美兰的音乐，仿佛置身雨林之中。第四部分《雨滴洒在舞蹈者身上》将前三部分的音乐元素汇聚成一场充满活力的终章。在创作此曲之际，我收到了不幸的消息，我的灵感导师之一，“幸运”摩斯科的离世，他教导我音乐的书法应当如同音乐本身一般，个性鲜明且美轮美奂。时光荏苒，我们传承知识与灵感给他人，他们在时间的基石上刻下自己的印记。我们的生活与作品，即是时间的书法，是我们在这片时光中所留下的印记。我以此音乐的 graffiti 献给幸运的书法。此曲由美国国家长笛协会委托创作，作为2006年高中独奏比赛的作品。