if only in dreams... for bass trombone and piano PDF Download
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if only in dreams... was written for bass trombonist Adam Graham and pianist Hyekyung Lee. This piece is about music composition being a tool of radical imagination. Since western thought places such heavy emphasis on objectivity, marginalized groups often utilize radical imagination in their art in order to create a future beyond the reality of oppression that we face on a daily basis. This has been more prevalent in the resurgence of anti-Asian racism brought on in the COVID-19 era.
In particular, this work is inspired by that of two artists: writer and poet Franny Choi and artist Jess X. Snow, mostly her murals. In writing this piece, I really wanted to capture this idea of radical imagination in music.