1985 Infrared Only 1984 Kocekce Concerto for Piano and Orchestra 1983 Kac 1982 The Blue Journey < later    Tracing (1994) First Performance January 1995 Present Music Paul Gmeinder, cello Kamran Ince, piano Milwaukee, WI Instrumentation cello and piano Duration 14' Listen Tracing Program Notes Tracing is commissioned by and written for Paul Gmeinder. Paul Gmeinder is an outstanding cellist who approaches new music like a cellist approaches the Brahms Sonata or the Dvorak Concerto: with incredible passion. I have performed with him a number of times in various works and was very much moved by his passion and love for the “making of music”. So when he commissioned me to write a piece for cello and piano I was really honored, excited and anxious to start writing. I knew what kind of cello sound I would get from him--and what kind of cello sound I must give him. After I started writing, the work was like a journey I never wanted to stop. I used to play cello as a boy, and it was almost like all these years I had taken a journey and was now returning to the love I had abandoned.