Piano Trio No. 1 - "Currents"

Currents explores the flows of energy found in nature - electricity and lightning, aspects of water, and the myriad invisible air currents that waft clouds and birds aflight. Currents can be equal parts peaceful, gentle, and joyful in one moment, and then immediately become violent, dangerous, and vibrant the next. Every lightning strike is an instantaneous transfer of energy - a current between the clouds and the ground, every river a current of momentum transferring water and mass from one place to another, every cloud a collection of gasses carried aloft by currents connecting disparate parts of the world. Without currents, life would not exist: the air would become stale, water would be stagnant and poisonous, and the ions and atoms themselves would cease to move, dropping the temperature down to zero. Currents represent the constantly shifting texture, the endless adventure, and an eternal need for change. Growth is a current, entropy is a current, blood is a current, emotions are a current, life itself is a current.