Life Cycles - DL

Pipe Dreams
An extended intro of a form I call "American Alap" is followed by a dream of soaring over a steam-powered carousel

Vision Quest
A native bansuri melody introduces the story of a young boy's quest for spiritual awakening

Yo'zho'
Navaho word for harmonizing with one's surroundings, "going with the flow." A youth choir introduces the evolving, multifacted theme.

Initiation of the Maidens
The Tibetan Rag Dun horn and Chinese Zheng open this tribal celibration welcoming the young women of the village into adulthood.

Dance of the Ancestors
The Wisdom of generations forms the essence of a two-headed old man who shuffles along while one head smiles and laughs and the other warns and scowls.

Spirit Warrior
Wind Dancer, driving but ethereal, this is movement with purpose, process with rhythm.

Hangin' with the Dragons
A Chinese Temple Flute and Angklung duet precedes a dynamic, percussive rendering of the main themes.

Return of the Seeker
Sucessfully finding the knowledge hidden in his dreams, the young boy, now a man, returns home.

Ixsixan (I Love You)
From the Tlingit. A group of Eastern instruments leads to a rhythmic contrapuntal dance of joy and love.

Heshook-ish Tsawalk
"Everything is one," a phrase from the Nuu-chah-nulth peoples of Vancouver and Vancouver Island.

Heaven's Gate
Hulusi and Angklung play off each other to open heaven's gate. Guzhen and piano expand on the theme of redemption.

Mr. Toad
Based on Raga Todi, this is a triumphant tabla and djembe jugalbandi, or duet, giving closure to the cycle and allowing the beginning of the next.