Self Reflections - Score

PROGRAM NOTES:
AS WE GET OLDER, WE DISCOVER DEEPER PARTS OF OURSELVES THAT PROCESS
INFORMATION FROM UNLOCKED ANGLES THAT WERE NOT PREVIOUSLY AVAILABLE
WITHIN OUR PAST SELVES. FOR MYSELF, I SIT WITH MISTAKES I HAVE MADE, SUCCESSES
I RACK UP, AND FEELINGS THAT I COLLECT AND TRY TO TAKE THE TIME I NEED TO
REFLECT ON THE MANY FACETS OF MY LIFE. I CALL THIS “SELF-REFLECTION” AND I DO
IT OFTEN I TRY MY BEST TO DO IT WITHIN A SPACE THAT SITS IN UNCONDITIONAL
LOVE INSIDE OF ME.
AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, WE DISCOVER MORE OF OURSELVES AS WE GET OLDER. AS
WE GET OLDER, HOW WE SELF-REFLECT CHANGES, AND THINGS THAT ONCE WERE,
CAN BECOME MORE SOUR… PAINFUL… HAPPIER… OR EVEN JOYFUL. THIS PIECE IS
TITLED “SELF REFLECTIONS” AS IT PROVIDES MY MUSICAL INTERPRETATION OF THE
CYCLICAL NATURE OF HOW SELF-REFLECTION WORKS FOR ME AS I PEER INTO THE
DIFFERENT FACETS OF MY OWN HUMANITY.
I THINK IT IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT FOR YOUNG PEOPLE TO ACQUIRE THE TOOLS
THAT ARE NECESSARY TO JOURNEY THROUGH LIFE BEYOND JUST KNOWING HOW
TO PASS STANDARDIZED TESTING AND MAKE IT TO CLASS ON TIME. I THINK
EMOTIONALLY STRONG PEOPLE MAKE FOR COURAGEOUS PEOPLE. I HOPE THAT THIS
PIECE CAN SPARK CONVERSATION AMONG YOU AND YOUR STUDENTS ABOUT
CONCEPTS SUCH AS AGENCY, PROACTIVENESS, AND SELF-REFLECTION BECAUSE IT
MAY BE WHAT HELPS THEM GET THROUGH THOSE MOMENTS THAT ARE SOUR,
PAINFUL, HAPPY, AND JOYFUL IN THEIR FUTURE.