For flute (alto flute), oboe, clarinet (bass clarinet), horn, harp, piano, electric guitar, percussion, violin, viola, cello & conductor (keyboard synth). In ten movements. With program and performance

"Nothing ever goes away. There is no away." Adapted from Barry Commoner's Four Laws of Ecology, from The Closing Circle: Nature, Man, and Technology.

With text derived from appropriated voices from American public airwaves during the weeks following Hurricane Katrina.

The composer set the words of three Black American writers of different generations (Zora Neale Hurston, James Baldwin, Claudia Rankine), to be sung by a mostly white ensemble for largely white audiences,

For 2 percussionists & wind ensemble. First printing. In three movements. With program and performance notes. Commissioned by the Yale Concert Band with Arx Duo. Premiered in New Haven, February 2019.