Composed in collaboration with Keenan Zach, Wheels, of Trees and Stars is a piece that seeks to explore the flexible and permeable boundaries between sounds and spaces. The piece is, in many ways, an homage to the north shore wetlands, and incorporates original field recordings taken over the course of several excursions to Stony Brook Beach, near the composer's home. These field recordings include the sounds of fish splashing on the surface, fiddler crabs moving busily through the reeds, footsteps on the pebbly shore, and the tide flowing in with surprising force from the sea. As the piece progresses, hydrophone recordings from the NOAA supplant the sounds of the wetlands. 

The double bass part seeks to explore the variety of sounds that can be achieved in a single gesture, and small changes in physicality that can trigger disproportionate changes in sound. I am deeply grateful to Keenan Zach for the hours of workshopping and experimenting that went into creating "Wheels," and without whose collaborative spirit and goodwill this piece would not exist.