Skyfishing
Skyfishing
Four Violoncellos
Composer's Note:
Skyfishing is a term used to describe the act of searching the sky for extraterrestrial activity, however the piece has nothing to do with UFOs themselves. During the moment in between hearing the term from a friend and learning what it meant, I was taken to this mental snapshot of some guy sitting out in a field casting a fishing line up into the sky, and looking beyond the scene in front of him for his catch. This image is the starting and ending point of the piece, which is a landscape whose scale dwarfs our world, looking both at the idyllic scene that this guy is actively taking part in as well as what this guy must see beyond the limits of our sky. Coming from this place of wonder about and appreciation for the natural world in the grand scale, Skyfishing seeks to capture that magnitude of beauty and tranquility as a cosmic pastorale.
Authored (or revised): 2018
Published: 2025
Duration (minutes): 6
First performance: Premiered in Dec. 2018 by cello quartet Hole in the Floor at St. Matthew’s & St. Joseph’s Episcopal Church (Detroit, MI)
Book format: Score + 4 parts
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