Vortex

SKU: P2.80080

Composer Lon W. Chaffin asks, What is a Vortex? A basic definition would be a whirling mass of something, especially water or air, that draws everything near towards its center... such as that relatively mysterious occurrence in space that is often referred to as a black hole - a location in space where the gravitational pull is so powerful that everything, even light, is pulled into its center. That spacial anomaly and the concept of composing for a newly formed tuba ensemble became mingled in my mind and served to generate the ideas that have gone into this piece..