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WAR AGAINST THE SOUL

Instrumentation: Wind Band

“Beloved, I urge you… to abstain from the passions of the flesh, which wage war against your soul.”

-       1 Peter 2:11 

War Against the Soul is a one of the first, of many, pieces that tries to capture literal architectural or sculptural constructs in music. In this work, I chose to deconstruct the infamous crucifix that Christ was nailed to, then reconstructed it with notes, as if they were pixels on a computer. This way of musical expression allows me to inject real and meaningful symbols into the music that I create.