"The London Underground."

A couple of you noticed recently that the music player on the side of the blog had been updated with new music with very odd names. I didn't want to say anything here until I had it all uploaded, but now that it is, we'll let out the "secret," as much as there is one. It's something I've been working on on and off (the vast majority off) for the last couple years, but I was able to finish it recently.

Anyway: In the player is "recordings" (i.e. fake recordings) of my new 12-movement, long-form piece for handbells, handchimes, piano and string orchestra, "The London Underground." Yay me.

Some of the movements turned out pretty nice "recordings"; some of the movements turned out okay "recordings" but will work better live; some of the movements didn't end up exactly as I intended and I'll probably take a closer look at in a month or two at them. (I'll leave as an exercise to the listener to guess which movements I'd put in each category, although feel free to put all twelve in the first box.)

Regardless, I'm relatively pleased with the piece as a whole. I don't know when it'll ever get performed -- I wrote it because I wanted to write a long-form piece for handbells and orchestra, not as a commission or for any particular performer. But regardless, I'm glad I wrote it.

Next up in my composing queue: Music that might actually make me some money....