A virtuosic piece for double bass exploring the Hindustani classical rāga Bhairav. It is meant to sound improvised and includes multiple sections with different moods and tempos.

Much like the Miniature for Bass Saxophone explores the sound of the bass saxophone, Meditation is a piece exploring the sound of the viola and is meant to create a meditative atmosphere via its slow tempo and rhythms.

This waltz is actually in the Phrygian mode, rather than pure B minor. It is in the basic style of a Chopin waltz, including a contrasting middle section in E major.

Composed to explore the range and sonic capabilities of the bass saxophone, to be played freely. Key clicks and slap-tongue techniques add percussive sounds thanks to the large body of the instrument.

Recorded by Nicholas Napier in May 2023. My thanks to Nick for recording this piece!

This is a follow-up to Transformations 1, composed a year prior. It is a more condensed piece in the same style, including similar formal elements.

Dedicated to Dr. Robert Young McMahan.

This piece is an atonal work, composed using free atonality and the 12-tone technique. Its form is like that of a fantasy, consisting of alternating slow and fast sections, and ends with a series of chords resembling the opening of Carl Ruggles’s Sun-Treader (1931).