Nocturnal Sketches =
first nights in a new place
for solo piano
Steven Naylor, piano. Performed in Auer Hall on the December 3rd Student Composition Recital, Jacobs School of Music.
Nocturnal Sketches (2024) Program Notes
This suite of short pieces explores the excitement of arriving in a new place. Composed over my first month in Indiana, they stem from late-night improvisations at my dorm-room keyboard.
Movements
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That feeling when you have a thousand fresh memories that, for no reason in particular, must be processed before tomorrow.
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My dorm-mate was feeling stressed and I played a version of this to help him relax.
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Mornings bring light and bustle, but sometimes also a little dread or butterflies in the stomach. The anxious night hasn’t receded from memory just yet.