Instrumentation: voice, viola & tube
Year: 2021 | Duration: 6'
Written for SpacePants and performed as part of the 2021 Charlotte New Music Festival
Program Note: Things Mum Says was written to highlight two of SpacePants’ greatest strengths, humor and virtuosity. The text from the piece comes from various messages that my mum has sent me and my sisters. I wrote this piece during the height of the pandemic, when I hadn’t seen my family in a while and wasn’t sure when I would see them again. Looking through the messages to find my favorites brought me a lot of joy.