TENSEGRITY

for piano trio | 4-5’ | 2021

Instrumentation - Violin | Cello | Piano

Recorded by Missing Piece (Dan Galat [violin] and Kelly Quesada [cello]) & Shi-An Costello [piano] in 2023 at Elmhurst University

Difficulty

Moderate - Advanced

Program Notes

TENSEGRITY is a design principle where a set of discontinuous elements create constant tensile force against one another to form a stable structure. I use the strings in this piece as a means to reflect the role of the strings or cables you would find in a tensegrity structure. They create vast amounts of tension and stress against one another at times, and the piano feeds into those tensions while constantly holding together these discontinuous elements.