The Exquisite Melancholy of Everything Left Unuttered - solo version - S...

A solo version of this piece from my book of duets, Double Trouble.

Lily Dance of the Maidens from Romeo and Juliet, Op. 75 - Sergei Prokofiev

I recorded a little Prokofiev ditty in honor of his birthday. 

Isolation - Joshua Trinidad, trumpet, & Stacy Fahrion, piano

I have deep respect for Joshua Trinidad and his music, and I'm excited to share this collaboration. Isolation features non-retrogradable/palindromic rhythms in the right hand of the piano part. The outer sections are in 5/4, and the middle section is in 9/8, in case you like to know such things.

Dancing in the Dark - solo piano cover by Stacy Fahrion

My arrangement of Bruce Springsteen's 1984 hit song.

Cascades - by Stacy Fahrion

"The snow is melting into music." ~John Muir

Cascades features a 5 against 3 polyrhythm.

Distant Bells - by Stacy Fahrion

Distant Bells is the first piece from my upcoming book, Polyrhythms for Pianists. The book has improvisation suggestions, instructional pages on how to play various polyrhythms, and 13 polyrhythmic etudes. Distant Bells is written in a way that makes 2 against 3 easy to play, and is in Phrygian mode.

Winter - by Stacy Fahrion

"I wonder if the snow loves the trees and fields, that it kisses them so gently?

 And then it covers them up snug, you know, with a white quilt; and perhaps it says,

 "Go to sleep, darlings, till the summer comes again." ~Lewis Carroll

Winter is loosely based on a motive from The Snow is Dancing, by Debussy.

Dance of Avoidance - by Stacy Fahrion

"Closed in a room, my imagination becomes the universe,

and the rest of the world is missing out." ~Criss Jami

Toccata - by Stacy Fahrion

Toccata is based on a double harmonic major scale, 

and features hemiolas all over the place. 

Swirling - by Stacy Fahrion

Swirling features a 3 against 5 polyrhythm.
"To paraphrase the great poet Dante, the heavens swirl above us
and our eyes are still cast to the ground." ~Vanna Bonta