Our recollections of specific events sometimes come slowly. Flock depicts this psychological process — consisting of sharp fragments, vague emotional sensations, and blurry images that gradually pinpoint a moment in time.  As the piece progresses, this memory comes in to focus sonically. It was a moment of extraordinary interactions: between a lost hiker, a shepherdess, a hunter, and the bell collars from small herd of sheep nearby. Both the harmony and timbres of the saxophone quartet are derived from the distinctive sounds of this field recording.

Flock by Tonia Ko from Junipero Productions on Vimeo.