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Hello! I managed to make it through almost 20 years of composing and achieve some small successes as a choral composer without ever writing a solo piano piece. Ironically, I think I'm more comfortable writing for just about any ensemble than solo piano. I finally started to overcome that aversion last fall (and I posted the piece that would become the 3rd movement here)... and now all 3 movements are done. I'm not sure how I did, since it's something new for me. All 3 movements try to capture the movement of water in some way. In the 1st and 3rd movements, I focused a lot on texture and colour, trying to explore the piano's many sounds and registers while still staying grounded in traditional (if somewhat obscured) harmony. The 2nd movement is more melodic. The movements are posted separately below, since it's easier to listen to (and comment on) a 3-or-4-minute movement than it is an 11-minute suite. I posted an earlier version of the 3rd movement (Undertow) here last fall, so I'm especially curious to hear people's thoughts on the other 2. Thanks for listening! 1. Sunshower 2. Nocturne (The Moon in the Waves) 3. Undertow