Pianist Lisa Moore has an extraordinary charisma and energy at her instrument, with a kind of musical laser focus that I find tremendously inspiring. I wanted to write her a set of pieces that would play to her wonderful range and character as a performer. So I decided to write pieces in the spirit of etudes: each focuses on a different type of playing or technique or pianistic color. There is one odd piece out: the 'dream,' which is in no way an etude. This 'dream' came about when I was looking...

• I Fast Chords
• II Melody Line
• III Fast and Slow
• IV Four Voices
• V Thumbs and Pinkies
• VI Petit rêve pour les pétunias défuntes
• VII Trills