Hassling

In a Tunnel

Deserted Island (Soundtrack)

Sinking In

Bamboo Forest (For Film)

The Colour of Spring (Solo Classical Guitar)

This piece explores the combination of acoustic and classical guitar, with each taking turns holding the melody and accompaniment. It’s the idea of leaving behind something important. A mixture of sadness and reluctance while looking forward to an unknown future.

Rain Falls As She Goes- Guitar Duo

For flute, clarinet in Bb, percussion, violin, cello and piano

This piece is inspired by the Disney movie “Lion King”, with a focus on the notion of a rising king in a new kingdom. The main idea being a revival of the fallen. An ‘upward’ like figure has been used throughout the instrumentation to build up the feeling of excitement and energy.

Revival - Sextet

This work focuses on the use of a Disklavier, which plays something different from a live pianist. As a pianist, it pushed me to think of what cannot “be played” in addition to the rhythm and timing that can be difficult to replicate and “count” by a live pianist. Vocal and wind chimes were used in the recording part to create more colour for this piece. Inspired by a stargazing experience earlier this year, this composition is about the life cycle of stars, which can be grouped into three categories as follows:

Formation
Dust and gas in the universe colliding to form a star. The composition is inspired by the continuous merging of two elements, which can be heard from the high registered pitches. The use of minimalistic technique in this piece was influenced by Piano Phase by Steve Reich.

Shine
At this stage, the stars begin to shine from dust and gas reacting with each other. The brilliance of its light, as well as the fragile balance of gravity and pressure can be heard in the upward figure in the lower registers.

Death
Finally, after the hydrogen that powers the brilliance of the stars runs out, the star becomes denser and hotter triggering the star to begin collapsing on itself. This can be heard in the slide notes and inconsistent tempo changes.

Fernice Goh