winner of a Jury Prize at the Sydney International Piano Competition’s “Composing the Future” initiative, with support from Creative Partnership Australia

composed for James Palmer, as part of his “What is a Prelude?” project

for solo piano

Tiny Forests is inspired by the urban planning concept of breaking up a city’s concrete-and-glass jungle with plots of miniature forests. While small in scale, they still adhere to the principles of how forests form and grow: a nourishing layer of soil, above which lies (in ascending order) the shrub, sub-tree, tree, and canopy layers.

James Palmer, piano