Finding and Flying takes on the form of a prelude and fugue, but instead of the prelude simply preceding the fugue, it builds into it in every way. The rhythms of the opening are disjunct and disconnected and the harmonies lack the thirds and sixths that help give tonal music a sweet harmonious sound. Gradually over the course of the prelude the complex rhythms shift and begin to lock in with each other and really groove just as the harmonies begin to sound more and more harmonious. When the music reaches its goal of a pulsing groove and the key of Eb major it celebrates this arrival with a fugue that retraces the harmonic areas of the prelude, this time through tonal keys. Finding and Flying was commissioned by the Norfolk Chamber Music Festival New Music Workshop as a part of a residency and fellowship in June 2010.
