Climbs and Crumbles - for fixed media. Stereo version premiered December 2023. Premiered in concert in 14-channel diffusion at Hatch Recital Hall, March 2024.

Climbs and Crumbles is the first piece I constructed using only digital synthesis techniques. It is a complete iteration of a partially generative work, as various parameters—especially the spectra of the inharmonic sounds introduced by glissandi—are left up to chance. The form of Climbs and Crumbles consists of a clash between two contrasting sonic shapes, with a breakdown in the center of the piece marking a changing of the guard between these two sound worlds. The ramping up, preservation, and shattering of momentum in music has been one of my most significant musical interests, and this piece crystallizes that fascination.