Nestled in the mountains about an hour and a half north of my childhood home in Phoenix, the jagged red rocks and desert brush of Sedona, Arizona, presents
Quartet Sedona followed Quartet Laguna in my series of quartets for winds and strings. After the completion of Quartet Laguna, which was a work I chose to write without being commissioned (or, frankly, encouraged) to write it, I came to terms with the fact that there needs to be space for writing music
Dedicated to Susan Miranda, Quartet Sedona immerses its listeners in the quiet, overcast moments of ocean before breakfast, a peaceful moment of green moss upon weathered stone and gentle waves tickling bare feet.