Suite-Toccata - V. Studio, Quasi un Minueto

The suite was composed during a trip in northern México at the end of 2021, my mother took me and my sister on a tour bus to celebrate the end of quarantine. The lovely landscapes and clear skies made me wonder in crystalline harmonies. At times, the foldings of the mountain ranges felt like my flesh.

At the beginning of the trip, I was tired of the piano, but as the trip progressed, I started yearning for it. All chords were thought of to fit my hand. To invoke the mountain folds, cold breezes, and crystal skies by empathic positions on the keyboard.

These explorations culminated with 3 tone rows, presented at the very beginning in the left hand. Everything that follows is included in them.

Premiered and recorded at Keller Hall, UNM. October 21st 2025