The title, Samsāra, can be interpreted as “wandering” or “world,” but it also is a concept of rebirth; the "cyclicality of all life, matter and existence.” As I started writing this piece during the winter of 2020, I would drive to my favorite place on earth, Sleepy Hollow in Tarrytown, New York. As I'd go for long walks in the woods to gain inspiration, there was one word that kept entering my mind...“Rebirth.”

During this time, as the events unfolded all over the world and close to home, this idea of Rebirth became a powerful message and my main source of inspiration.

Samsāra refers to the belief that we all go through constant births and rebirths. It’s about the fact that everything changes but yet everything remains the same.

** Commissioned by The Juilliard School for the American Brass Quintet in honor of the 60th anniversary of the

American Brass Quintet as an ensemble in residence at The Juilliard School