On Saturday, December 20th, Rocket City New Music premieres my Everything, Anywhere for large chamber ensemble at Avilution Hanger in Huntsville, AL.
Concert Blurb
Rocket City New Music once again transforms an airplane hangar into a concert hall for our 2025 Season Finale, Please Repeat The Question. World-class musicians from across the country gather in Huntsville to explore some of the most fundamental yet confounding aspects of the human experience through art. We don’t promise answers—but we never stop asking the questions.
Charles Ives - The Unanswered Question (1908)
David Lang - Cheating, Lying, Stealing (1993, rev. 1995)
Ted Hearne - The Answer to the Questions That Wings Ask (2016)
Gregory Vajda - Pulitzer Portrait (2025)
Robert Honstein - Everything, Anywhere (2025)
Julius Eastman - Stay On It (1973)
Program Notes
Everything, Anywhere for eight instruments, is a meditation on the human arc inspired by the memory of Paul C. Blau. The piece reflects on the idea of a life well-lived—one filled with deep connections, meaningful experiences, and insatiable curiosity.
The composition’s three contrasting movements trace a journey from anxious beginnings to joyful affirmation. The first, Wanderlust, portrays a potent mixture of promise and anxiety, echoing the turbulent ebb and flow of youth. Driving rhythms, sudden textural shifts, and yearning melodic interjections express this volatile energy.
The second movement, Doubt, is a solitary contemplation. Unresolved chords circulate in pulseless, hazy progressions, painting a nocturnal image of growing disquiet and lingering uncertainty.
Finally, the last movement, Bounce Back, is a vibrant, joyful reaffirmation. The instability of the previous music gives way to an overflowing sense of love and vitality as the rhythmic, ebullient music bounds to a brilliant conclusion.
Everything, Anywhere was commissioned by Rocket City New Music with the generous support of Constance Blau in loving memory of Paul C. Blau. It was premiered December 20, 2025 at Avilution in Huntsville, Alabama by Rocket City New Music.