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Notes from the Underdog [2011]

Duration: 2'
For orchestra (3 3 3 3 - 4 3 3 1 - timp+2 - hp, pno, strings)
Commissioned by the Los Angeles Philharmonic

First performance: April, 2011 by the Los Angeles Philharmonic - David Afkham, conductor

Notes from the Underdog was written for the LA Phil's Toyota Symphonies for Youth series on the theme of "The Hero Composer". 


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      • Between homage and homily
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      • Our Options Have Changed
      • Pareidolia
      • Air, Ear, Ire, Hour, Aura
      • Ventilator
      • Murmurations
      • Doppelgänger
      • Here Come the Waterworks
      • This Is What Really Happened
      • Rusticity
      • Stop is the new Go
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      • I used to be____________, but now I'm _______________
      • worst of all is to begin
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