Portrait 1

Program note

The Portrait referenced in the title of this piece does not exist, at least not in the form of a conventional painting. Rather, the music is the portrait. To be more precise, this is a portrait of someone who is very relevant in my life. I have deliberately avoided mentioning who this person is. Their personality and character will be left to the listener (or the reader of the score) to discover and interpret. This will be the first of many portraits that I will be “painting” as time goes on.

Notes

Dedicated to XZ. Audio synthesized with NotePerformer3. Finalist at NYCC 2022.