Bicycle Concertino

Oct. - Nov. 2025 (for bicycle and percussion)

Written for Sō Percussion in Steve Mackey’s Advanced Composition class, this piece is a sonic illustration of my college life at Princeton. The rhythmic motif introduced by the kick drum (“1, 2, 1-2-3”) is a common rhythm found in the Deaf community’s artistic practice called “percussion song,” this piece explores the many avenues through which that motif can be developed. In an ironic turn of events during the composing process , I fell off of my bicycle on the way to class one day and ended up needing 10 stitches in my knee—an inspiring moment, indeed.

Special thank you to Adam, Eric, and Jason for the awesome performance on Dec. 8th, 2025. (‼️ Don't turn up your volume too high at the beginning—your patience will be rewarded!)