Frivolous Incinerate (2006) Instrumentation: flute, clarinet, violin, cello and piano Length: 4:30 Premiere:      October 17, 2006      Tuesday Night New Music      New England Conservatory. Boston, MA      Laura Heinrichs, flute; Ryan Yuré, clarinet; Andrew Beer, violin; Loewi Lin, cello; Dan VanHassel, piano Audio: Studio Recording      Laura Heinrichs, flute; Amy Advocat, clarinet; Shaw Pong Liu, violin;      Scott Halligan, cello; Dan VanHassel, piano Program Note: Much of my music involves some type of stylistic mish-mash, and Frivolous Incinerate is no exception, however in this particular piece my various musical influences are used in an intuitive, unconscious way; simply taking music I was enjoying at the time and composing with it in a free, improvisatory manner. This piece is an attempt to avoid over-thinking things, a trap all too easy to fall into while studying music, and just create intuitively what I wanted to hear at the time.