Portraits for Piano (2017)
Instrumentation: Piano
Duration: 12’
Portraits is a five-movement piano suite. Movements are based on a series of poems that explore concepts of introspection, angst, and melancholy through the lens of Black womanhood.
I. La femme complexe (Complicated Woman, based on “I am You”)
II. Le garçon qui passe (Boy Passing By, based on “Fleeting”)
III. La mère dans le marché (Mother in the Market, based on “Mother in City Market”)
IV. L’homme durci (Hardened Man, based on “Confinement”)
V. La fille dans les nuages (Girl in the Clouds, based on “Beyond the Clouds”)
Notable Performances
Nova Chamber Music Series (Utah, USA)
2019 Society of Composers, Inc. National Conference (New Mexico, USA)