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wing  scales  < 翅 鳞 >   [2025] c.8'

for Soprano Saxophone and Percussion; 

[two custom-built detuned string instruments mounted on snare drums] //

Written for Popebama at New Music on the Point 2025

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Scatter and settle. Shimmer, glisten, and orbit in a gentle breeze. Did you know that butterfly wings have scales as fine as powder?

wing  scales  < 翅 鳞 >  is an exercise in fragility— a delicate gleam that is inviting yet incredibly fickle— an abstract journey of light, iridescent sounds— a scattered brushstroke of ephemeral, fleeting whispers...

ॱ⋅.˳˳.⋅˙ॱᐧ.˳˳.⋅ઇ

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Instrument by Dennis Sullivan

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