Rob Parks titled Blue Steel after a steel drum group he played in at the University of Kentucky, and the musical inspiration is easy to hear. The piece uses calypso rhythms, steel drum "strumming"
Flowers and Foliage is a bouquet of five miniatures for solo percussionist alternating between tonal, floral harmonies on tenor steel pan and brittle, twig-like percussive textures. Throughout the
Mind the Gap is a piece for solo steelpan and pre-recorded track. Written after a trip to London in 2017, Mind the Gap is a fun and exciting piece, inspired by a journey on London's
As implied by the title, Portraits from a City Window explores four different scenes one may observe from such an angle. Morning Light represents the beauty of a sunrise over skyscrapers,
Under a Hazy Moon is based on the image of light shining off of the moon on a cloudy night. The texture is constantly turning as the clouds move and the light shifts. The work begins with two