contemporary jazz instrumental piano & chamber orchestra: twelve, eleven…nine, eight…cycle & play harmonic overtones sparkle above symphonic water wheel perca mundo piano tapestry cascading, hands intertwine, change rhythms anniversary: our tenth procession: Peruvian birds to African rhinos, rhythms of the forest intensify, then silence as each approach water wheel harmonics return in a star cluster, spiraling through the night sky tiger chimes: Asian cat approaches; shall we respect her with ceremony or quickly exit her presence red pandas coon to a diatonic scale; winds swirl as flutes through branches of their homes cats dancing, as the neighborhood sleeps, felines sleek out to dance & play return: full cycle through the large wooden wheel, black swan approaches waiting: we know she"s coming; she may be about to be born, but we can do little to embrace our Sichuan daughter prior to the destined time intruments: upright bass, shakuhatchi, winter bells, water wheel, perca mundo, piano, violin, tiara blues, french horn,wind, cymbals, cello, flugle flute, vibes, oohs & ahs, andes flute, crotales, timpani