Lord of the Flies

Jan. 2021 (for brass quintet)

Inspired by Nobel Prize-winning author William Golding’s Lord of the Flies, the brass quintet tells the story of a group of British schoolboys marooned on an uninhabited island and their disastrous attempt to govern themselves. First, the scar—the plane crash site—and the key players of the novel are introduced. The conch is blown by Ralph to summon the other boys from the plane, but organization is proven to be difficult, as most of them are still too young and unprepared for independence and maturity. Their efforts to build a signal fire to affect a rescue ends up putting a whole forest on fire. A boy gets lost in the midst of the chaos, and the battle against savagery begins.