lingering bloom —2026

lingering bloom is a quiet meditation on resonance, memory, and gradual

transformation. Built from slowly unfolding polychords, repeated tones, and

delicate chromatic inflections, the piece allows sound to accumulate, blur, and

subtly change color over time, inviting the listener to focus on the vibraphone’s

natural bloom and decay. A steady underlying pulse anchors the music while

surface activity ebbs and flows, expanding toward moments of greater density

before receding into stillness. Throughout, resonance is treated as an expressive

partner rather than a byproduct, with overlapping tones creating a sense of

suspended motion and gentle harmonic drift. The piece closes not with a definitive

ending but with sound that gradually thins and fades, suggesting an afterimage—

something lingering just beyond the moment it disappears.