This movement portrays a person growing through childhood, starting with about the age of two or three and ending right before adulthood.  The instruments can be divided into two groups: the piano represents the physical aspects of the person and the string quartet the mental, emotional and psychological aspects.

This piece was composed in memory and honor of my cousin Kevin Thomas Neff , who died January 20, 2003 of brain cancer at the age of 16. 

Scott Daniel Neff
February 4, 2003
Age 16



Terri Rubey Neff