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

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