Moonrise over the Rhinogs.
Love using Spitfire Labs Cello Moods.
Just a few Piano notes added for colour.
This version moves away from my original version...hence the edits.

Moonrise

The warm temperatures since February and March have brought plants into bloom earlier, and many plants are blooming early and some, that normally don't start showing new growth until May or June, are already coming out.  Andre Viette talks about the early growth and how to adjust when you do things, based on this years warmer temperatures.

In the Garden with Andre Viette - Everythings Early! - 5/3/25 Hour 1

This quartet was written over the winter of 2022 into spring of 2023. It was my first ever "big" piece of chamber music I completed. There are many quirks with this piece, though they are left because they were well intentioned when it was written.

I was traveling a lot at this time getting the opportunity to meet my partners family in celebrating marrage in Colorado, spending time with elders in Arizona, and celebrating a move from Pennsylvania to New Mexico. In each state I wrote a movement of this quartet, and finished editing the piece in Utah, hence the title - The Four Corners. Utah in Late Summer is currently drafted and the complete work is set to be performed in 2026.

This quartet is dedicated to Jeris Allchurch Young, and all members of the McCauley/Allchurch family. 

The first and third movements of this arrangement of the quartet premiered on June 26th, 2025 at Orvieto Musica Chamber Music Festival in Orvieto, Italy by Kristen Olsen, violin; Sidney Tovey Lofthouse, violin; Milo Nieves, cello; and myself, Kai Bowen, cello.

String Quartet No. 1 - III. New Mexico in Early Spring

Still here...still making music.
DAW of choice is still Ableton...11 Lite version.
Big fan of Spitfire Labs, and Crow Hill Vaults...both excellent creative resources.
Alesis Qmini for the Keys.
Windows 11 for the processing.
Still primarily Dining Table based, but I occasionally work in the kitchen. ( nearer the kettle...tea rules )
Still learning new Chords, and new combinations.
Still exploring the Big Wide World of Ambience.

New tracks tagged #Early Spring