Silver Halide is a song of remembrance. The beginning and verse sections are higher and airy in a way representing youth and innocence. In contrast, the chorus stays low on the neck with a pedal point that anchors the chord passage -- a metaphor for time, age, and experience. I named the piece Silver Halide for the light-sensitive chemical that creates photographic prints -- a medium that allows us to remember.

Silver Halide (Remembrance)

Light in August was written in, well, August 2014. As summer begins its journey toward fall and winter, the the sun's rays change as the angle increases. Since I was a kid, I loved watching for that certain day when the sunlight looked "older" or burnt. The summer passing into fall then winter comes with a host of metaphors that are addressed in the piece as well, starting with the small allusion to Pictures at an Exhibition by Mussorgsky  -- my favorite composer. 

Wayne McGraw

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