Rhapsody on the Remnants of a Lost Folk Song was begun during one of those ideal sunny weekend days in a coffee shop in August of 2007. My intention for this composition was to create a simple tune

I was inspired to compose this work because of another sinfonietta (perhaps the most well-known), Sinfonietta by Leoš Janáček, composed for orchestra in 1926. Despite the title,

The Great Blue Heron was inspired by the relatively large wading bird, commonly found in North and Central America. The name of this bird conjures an image of something of such immense size and, yet,