Remembering Zayne

*Selected for Midwest Clinic 2025 concert band reading session.* I composed this music for the family and friends of Zayne Shomler, December 14, 1998 - February 8, 2016. This was originally composed for piano solo. There is a very powerful and meaningful quote by the late author, Sir Terry Pratchett: “No one is finally dead until the ripples they cause in the world die away...” I personally find great hope and comfort in that saying. Do your best to make as many ripples in the world as possible. Make a splash! Touch as many lives as possible. Remember those who created ripples that touched your life, and to keep those ripples going for as long as it is in your power to do so. *** The conductor is encouraged to make the tempo rubato and expressive--particularly at the climax of the piece (stretching out the 16th notes and emphasizing the anticipatory 32nd notes). This piece should NOT be performed with a strict, unchanging tempo.