Moonlit Meeting is a complicated work for reed quintet about heartbreak, joy, and navigating men's spaces within the queer community. It was originally composed in 2015 as a response to a failed, strung-out relationship that was somehow both unrequited and fulfilled at the same time and remains one of my most emotionally devastating works to this day. The work is infused with instability and change, with different voices constantly revealing different faces of the relationship. As you listen to Moonlit Meeting's awkward tensions and ecstatic releases, its delicious harmonies and vulnerable flourishes, you may hear passion, melancholy, and abandonment in each note.
You can purchase the score for Moonlit Meeting from Trevco Music Publishing.