elegy no. 3 (1998)
Solo Guitar
Premiere: March 1999, Seattle Mennonite Church, Seattle WA, Seattle Classical Guitar Society Concert Series, Michael Nicolella, guitar.
Notable Performances:
**April 1999, Potter Hall, Kinston RI, Michael Nicolella, guitar.
**April 1999, Northwest Guitar Festival, WWU Performing Arts Center, Bellingham WA, Michael Partington, guitar.
**May 1999, San Francisco, CA, San Francisco Classical Guitar
Society Concert Series, Michael Partington, guitar.
**June 1999, Eve Alford Theater, Seattle WA, Arts Edge Music Festival, Michael Nicolella, guitar.
**January 2000, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver BC, Canada, Michael Strutt, guitar.
**April 2000, Wincanton England, Wincanton Arts Association Concert Series, Michael Partington, guitar.
**February 2001, Benaroya Hall, Seattle WA, Seattle Classical Guitar Society Concert Series, Michael Partington, guitar.
PROGRAM NOTES
Elegy No. 3 explores the long tradition of elegiac writing. Though it utilizes modern techniques and musical ideas, it retains the wistful, melancholy nature of the genre and explores long, sinuous lines that are fragmented and surrounded by space.