Composer’s Note:

Autumn Way, for solo cello, was commissioned by StringPoet , an innovative online journal with a Studio Serieshosted by the Long Island Violin Shop in Huntington, NY.String Poet ran a poetry competition and paired eachwinner with a composer commissioned to create music inresponse to the poetry. My piece was inspired by RichardMeyers poignant and beautifully wrought poem, “TheAutumn Way.” Suzanne Mueller premiered it on 9/23/2014on the Studio Series.