Leges Motus (Voice, Flute, Electric Guitar, Percussion, Violin)

I've always loved science - in fact, I started my undergraduate college endeavors as a physics major. While I did learn early on that my heart truly belonged to music, my interest in and fascination with science has never waned - something one could learn simply by looking at what's gone through my Netflix queue.

As I embarked upon the journey of writing this piece, I had the idea to write a piece using Sir Isaac Newton's three Laws of Motion as the text, and to use the music to further convey the meanings of those laws: first, an object at rest tends to stay at rest unless acted upon by an outside force; second, the acceleration of an object is dependent upon the mass of an object; and third, to every action there is an equal and opposite reaction.

In addition to the beauty of the physics, I also had the idea to include some of the wonders of mathematics in the piece. Throughout, strains of the Fibonacci sequence (1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8…) appear - as melodic groupings and as structural devices. While it isn't my intent for this to be a primary focus of the work, it was part of my compositional process.

While a single-movement work, the piece is broken up into three sections, each conveying their respective laws.