Commissioned by the Shenandoah Conservatory Chamber Orchestra, Ray Fowler, conductor, and premiered in January 1998. An arrangement of “Variations and Theme for String Quartet,” with the two violins, one viola, and one cello expanded to nine instrumental parts for strings in sections — four violin, two viola, two cello, and one contrabass.

 

[See “Variations and Theme for String Quartet” for notes on the piece’s structure.]