flowers which bloom from blackened earth and poisoned air

22’ mins, for ensemble, 2023-2024

resonant earth - blackened earth - poisoned air - flowers blooming

inspired by oleanders, the first flowers to bloom in Hiroshima after the bomb, "flowers which bloom from blackened earth and poisoned air" is a piece reflecting on environmental destruction, resilience, and hope through duration, slow transformation, and timbral complexity. The piece unfolds in four stages which create affective sonic environments, each containing an enmeshment of one another.

written for Broken Frames Syndicate

premiere date: february 2, 2024 at Harvard University’s Paine Hall, Cambridge MA