Sonic BOom

Premiered by Lawrence Community Music School on 11/23/24.

Sonic Boom (2023) is a grade 4 composition for concert band and harp that articulates the experience of accelerating to supersonic speeds. This piece takes the listener on a journey through intensive metrical oscillation, lyrical melodies, and mounting motivic tension until the concluding and simultaneous tam-tam, slapstick, and bass drum hit signals the breaking of the sound barrier.

MIDI-generated recording of Sonic Boom.