Faces in Foam

For string orchestra, percussion (tambourine, crash/sus cymbals, timpani), and boy soprano (or countertenor). The musical motifs that run throughout this entire suite represent several core themes of humanity's journey as observed through the eyes of the main character, Teaston; the most persistent motif being that for Death. "The woman sits at the edge of the cliff looking out to the seaa daughter of North Africa perhaps. Her cheeks reflect olive light. She looks at me, carving her face in my memorythe step towards the rocky edgeI listen to the lines forming her faceI return to the melody still dancing in the air "Luciohad a delicate facesharp angles, oblong eyes, and a classic Greek nose. I saw his face before the rocks disfigured himhe has the face of the forgotten I try to paint him I take a Renaissance approach, depicting him in a diaphanous light, like an angel "I know those faces arearound me They joined the sea because they had no other choice. Their faces are washed of past concerns. If Iattempt to render them as ex-living people in my canvas, the white foam is quick to reclaim them. That is why all my canvases turn whitethe frothy sea swallows them."