Movements

i. away

ii. above

Written: July 2025 — October 2025

Duration: 16’

Instrumentation: solo piano

Performance History

March 8, 2026: Benjamin Beckman [pf] — USC Newman Recital Hall, Los Angeles, CA (movement 2 only)

May 7, 2026: Benjamin Beckman [pf] — USC Schoenfeld Symphonic Hall, Los Angeles, CA (World Premiere)

Program Notes

“In the Interstate Highway System we have done nothing less than express our vision of ourselves …. Ultimately, the

Interstate have become a physical expression of the part of the American character that desires to resolve our destiny

in this seemingly limitless land.” — Tom Lewis, Divided Highways, 1997