In my piece, "(waterfall)", I attempted to capture three aspects of these naturally occurring bodies of water that strike me most when I observe them. The first is the beauty of the water itself: watching the light refract off of the individual droplets that creates such beautiful colors led me to employ harmonies that illustrate this random beauty of water. To portray the speed and ferocity of water as it falls over the edge, I utilized complex, driving rhythms. The third is simply the feeling of awe that comes over a person witnessing one of these beautiful, natural falls. The music in this piece goes through many changes in character and mood, much like a person witnessing a waterfall may go through.
