fragrances of something sweet (2025)

for orchestra

c. 6 minutes

Scored for 2.2.2.2 — 4.3.3.1 — 2perc — pno.hp — str

This work was written for and premiered by the University of Michigan Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Kendra Chao, Ann Arbor, MI, February 2025.

I wrote this piece with a particular memory I had with my grandmother Mary, who I had been thinking about a lot over the nine months I wrote this piece. She was the first person who introduce me to coffee, which I love a lot now. After always being refused the drink by my mom, I remember jump at the opportunity to have it, which, oddly, resulted in me completed knocked out on her living room floor. In every cup of coffee I have to this day, I think about her. The title "something sweet" refers to coffee, this piece is about, but in particular to my grandmother who was also someone incredibly sweet, kind, and supportive.

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fragrances of something sweet was named a winner for the 2026 Edward T. Cone Institute, the American Composers Orchestra EarShot New Music Readings, 2025 Pacific Chamber Orchestra Emerging Composer Workshop, and a semi-finalist for the 2025 Sioux City Orchestra Composer of the Year.