Instrumentation: piano

Duration: 7 minutes

Year composed: 2016

First performance: Yumi Suehiro, Mise-En Place, New York, (NY), April 28th 2017

Other performances: Yumi Suehiro, The Graduate Center, CUNY, New York, (NY), December 5th 2017

Program note: Mizuchi was composed in response to a request by Yumi Suehiro for a piano piece making use of silence and contrasting elements. The title of this piece refers to a dragon-shaped river-god from Japanese mythology. The material of the piece is minimal and is based on repeated notes and the importance of the major 7th interval. It progressively transforms following the characteristics of the Mizuchi, a shape shifting creature.