For Solo Viola with Piano Accompaniment

Program Notes

The same dream keeps recurring; it happens every time you close your eyes. Is there a higher being trying to warn you? The dream is unclear, with puzzles that need to be solved. There are mystical creatures that claim to be friends, leading you down a path that could hold the answer. Unfortunately, the path is never that

smooth; dangerous creatures wait for you in the shadows. Waiting to kill, waiting to keep you from the answers. This time, when you go to sleep, you are determined to see the end of the dream. You don't know what to expect when you reach the end; the multiple obstacles that have tried to stop you have succeeded and have caused you to wake up. But this time you are determined. You've gone into this dream so many times that you know when and where everything will happen; nothing can stop you from reaching the end...except for the bell tasked with telling you when the sun has risen.