Colouristic and Textural Piano
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Where Forget-Me-Nots Grow — Improvisation in D, G & C Aeolian, E♭ Lydian, G Phrygian, G Dorian ♯4
This video captures an improvisation of mine which I named Where Forget-Me-Nots Grow. I was inspired by my memory of… Read More
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A Thousand Latent — Improvisation in A Ionian Augmented, F♯ Dorian, F Lydian ♯2 & E Mixolydian ♭6
This video is another free-form piano improvisation of mine which I named A Thousand Latent. The title reflects the feeling… Read More
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Uncanny Cloud — Improvisation in C Lydian Augmented, E Lydian ♯2, E Mixolydian & B Aeolian
In this video I am playing an improvised piece of music which I named Uncanny Cloud. I pictured floating clouds,… Read More
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Obsidian Kaleidoscope — Improvisation in F Dorian, G Phrygian, C Aeolian, A♭ & D♭ Lydian
In this video I am playing an improvised piece of music which I named Obsidian Kaleidoscope, because the music expressed… Read More
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Seeing Into the Dark — Improvisation in G Aeolian & A Dorian ♯4
In this video you can hear me play an improvised piece of music which I called Seeing Into the Dark.… Read More
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The Sundial’s Shadows Speak — Improvisation in A Dorian, A Dorian ♭2, & A Phrygian
Here is a video capturing an improvised piece of music of mine which I named The Sundial’s Shadows Speak. In… Read More
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The Weight of the Looking Glass — Improvisation in C Minor, C Phrygian, G Dorian ♭2 & G Phrygian Dominant
This video captures another freeform improvisation of mine. I named this piece of music The Weight of the Looking Glass.… Read More
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Lucid Dream Between — Improvisation in F Lydian ♯2 & B♭ Mixolydian
I chose the title of this improvised piece of music based on the fact that for me the F Lydian… Read More
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The Coast, the Harbour, and the Lighthouse – Improvisation in C♯ Aeolian, E Dorian & C Lydian
I chose the title for this improvised piece of music because the three different modes felt like three distinct but… Read More
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Seelie/Unseelie — Improvisation in F Dorian ♭2 (Phrygian ♮6)
I named this improvised piece of music based on a faerie mythology. In Scottish folklore, the seelies are good-natured, benevolent… Read More
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Elegy on a Shore — Improvisation in D & F Phrygian, E♭ Dorian, F Aeolian, A♭ Major, D♭ Lydian
When playing this improvised piece of music, I felt a sense of mourning, liminal space, remembrance, and glimmers of light… Read More
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A Rhapsody of Chiaroscuro — Improvisation in B♭ Dorian & Mixolydian ♭6, D♭ Lydian, G Dorian ♯4 & Aeolian
If my previous improvisation A Web Catches the Light was about the resilience of the structure, this improvisation — A… Read More
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