Commissioned by Axiom Brass in celebration oftheir 10th Anniversary and premiered by the AxiomBrass on 16 September 2016. Movements can be played together, in the orderlisted above, or any movement can be played inde-pendently as a stand-alone work, or any two move-ments can be played as a pair in any order.To be performed along with dancers when feasible. If it is helpful to have abstract images in mind andear as you hear the music, for movement #1, pleaseimagine the musicians as playful, capricious, virtuosichummingbirds darting around a garden, whizzingacross multifaceted, rapid changing chordprogressions in a bebop-like, fast tempo. Formovement #2, swans majestically floating in a lake, asthe morning sun gradually rises, are infused with BillEvans’ impressionist harmony and trademarkrhythmically independent, singing, melodic lines. Formovement #3, please envision active, jaunty, and alertcanaries crisscrossing the perfumes of Charley Parker’sYardbird Suite and Ornithology.