Zoe

Instrumentation

2vln,2vla,2vc

Year

2012

Duration

7:00

Composed

10/26/2012 - 3/5/2013

Dedication

Memorial to Zoe, dedicated to Howard Stokar

I wrote ZOE in the fall of 2012 to commemorate a much-loved cat of the same name.  She was a complex and sophisticated animal who despite her many achievements never allowed her role as head-of-household to go to her head -- indeed she was hardly aware of it.  Because she was so expressive it seemed natural to cast her memorial as a string sextet, in which each of the three pairs of instruments function essentially as a single instrument. The piece lasts about 7 1/2/ minutes.

-CW, 3.vii.2013