What's Next

I’m working on the ending movement this week, revisiting the recordings where I asked the interviewees to reflect on future generations of Chinese-Americans. In this section, all five instruments will finally come together and play in unison rhythm with the recorded speech. The harmonies will gradually change, and will coalesce into a common chord that connects all of the interviews together.

Originally the ending was about six minutes, but because the overall scale of the piece is about 15 minutes long, I edited things a bit further to give the piece a bit more shape. No matter where you are in Chinatown towards the end of the piece, everyone will hear just this movement: either as speech, as music, or a mix of both.