Composers have used the French folk tune Ah! vous dirai-je, Maman as the basis for their own compositions for centuries. In fact, Mozart used the melody in his Twelve Variations on “Ah vous diraj-je, …
Only Light (string orchestra)
The melodic material for Only Light originally came from Beneath a Canvas of Green, a large-scale work of mine written for wind ensemble. At the time, I was not quite comfortable with how this music …