Explosive Spontaneous (2005) Commissioned by the NEC Composers' Series Instrumentation: piano Length: 2:00 Premiere:      January 29, 2006      Preparatory Division Contemporary Music Festival      New England Conservatory. Boston, MA      Shu Yang, piano Audio: Studio Recording      Dan VanHassel, piano Program Note: This short piece for piano solo was one of several commissioned by the Composers' Series at New England Conservatory in late 2005. The idea of the piece is a fairly simple one: to begin with a sparse pointillistic texture which over the course of the piece would gradually coalesce into a funky groove.