commissioned by /newline

completed january 2024

instrumentation  soprano saxophone, bassoon, percussion, piano

duration 8 minutes

about the piece Being from the large city of Chicago, I'm familiar to getting lost a lot. Trying to find my way around downtown when I was younger was of. This engrained a sound into my head that I eventually began to utilized a lot throughout my music -- the dense congested noises of downtown travellers. wrong side of the street uses these ideas with many phrases where each player wonders to find the correct way to go, finally arriving on the correct path to their destination.

recording Megan Chow, soprano saxophone; Christine Breeden, bassoon; James Koo, percussion; Jason Zhang, piano