cicadian rhythms (2025)
for mezzo-soprano and string quartet, 9’
commissioned by New Music Chicago for the KAIA Quartet’s performance at the 2025 Ear Taxi New Music Festival
[IN PROGRESS]
Movements:
i. (cry)
ii. (sign)
iii. (die)
“ The fleeting transience of life”
— Matsuo Bashō
— — —
“The cry of the cicada
gives us no sign
that presently it will die”
— Matsuo Bashō, Cicada’s cry
Performances:
October 2025, Grace Ryan, KAIA String Quartet, Ear Taxi New Music Festival, Chicago, IL
[recording coming soon]