Program Note:

Fades is a ghost story. I intended the music to be similar in character to a capricious will-o'-the-wisp; what's playful and mild can turn on a dime to become serious and ominous. My mother, an accomplished flautist, inspired me to write this piece. 

Performances:

• Aram Mun, Duncan Hall, Houston, Texas, November 10, 2022.

• Hannah Occeña, National Sawdust, Brooklyn, New York, May 10, 2017.

• Hannah Occeña, Bismarck Veterans Memorial Public Library, Bismarck, North Dakota, November 28, 2015.

• Hannah Occeña, Prairie Baptist Church, Kansas City, Missouri, October 25, 2015.