Stone Soup

Where young artists paint the world with words

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Riviera

I wrote this piece thinking of something that should flow as a river. I didn’t want the title to be “The River,” but rather something that was more creative and easygoing. The notes were  supposed to, again, flow like a river. I wanted the specific timing of the melody to be in different places as the different parts of the music go on forward.

This is Justin Park presenting his composition to The New England Conservatory of Music at the Contemporary Music Festival.

Here’s the full score of the piece. Try it out for yourself!