Michael Jorgensen and Anthony de Mare, members of the American Modern Ensemble give the world premiere of the Piano Trio No. 8: Pacifica as part of the Mostly Modern Music Festival in Saratoga Spring, NY.

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About Piano Trio No. 8: Pacifica

Pacifica consists of four musical snapshots of cities along the coast of the Pacific Ocean that I have known and loved. For the first movement, I drew inspiration from a vividly recalled drive through downtown Managua around midnight on New Year’s Eve 2016. The second movement recalls a long, contemplative walk in downtown Los Angeles late one night during the early eighties when I toyed with moving to the west coast for keeps. The third movement recalls the end of a love affair on a sleepless night in San Francisco’s Castro District in 1987. The final movement is inspired by a beautiful ride on the ferry from Bremerton to Seattle during the spring 2010 production of Amelia by Seattle Opera. The Puget Sound’s majesty reconnected me with the joy that I used to feel during my first decade living in Manhattan admiring the proud New York City skyline from the deck of the Staten Island Ferry.

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