Further Down the Old Park Road

For Chamber Ensemble (Flute, Bass Clarinet, Violin, and Cello)

Composed July 2021, written as part of the 2021 Composing in the Wilderness Program

Performed by the Corvus Ensemble:

Katie Cox, Flute

Mara Mayer, Bass Clarinet

Andie Tanning, Violin

Charly Akert, Cello

Program Note:

Denali National Park and Preserve stretches for miles through the Alaskan Wilderness, moving from boreal forest, to alpine tundra, and on to towering peaks. Further Down the Old Park Road is a meditation in some of the unique ecosystems in the park—the different scenes fade one in to the other, with the perspective of the listener constantly in flux. At times the wind can be heard howling through the trees, and at others the permafrost slowly melting under the ground cries out in glassy shrieks. All of the sounds weave together into an ever-changing sound mass that is never the same twice.