Phillipy is Fragmented

For string orchestra with amplified string trio. 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. "Phillipy refers to himself in the third person, as if existing as a separate entity from his very self. I find the habit interesting, a sport of sorts, a way of explaining one's actions from a distance. "Phillipy knocks at the doorthree times ["three times, that's all Phillipy can take."] "He can tell when thoughts are tangled. He may speak in the third person but he is linear, he follows one thought with the next"