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On The Five
(A Traffic Opera in One Act)

Instrumentation

fl. bb cl. (doubling bass cl.) pno. vln. cl. SSAATTBB

Duration

40:00

Year

2016

Premiere

April 22nd, 2016. CSUF Recital Hall

Score

"Traffic is a terrible ballet. Always different, always the same..."

On the Interstate Five Freeway in Los Angeles, California at 5 P.M. People stand over what seems to be a still, lifeless body.  Cars are smashed into one another as three people go to comfort the figure lying on the floor. A student, a landscaper, and an aspiring actress try to get the attention of a woman who remains motionless on the ground. Each person begins to reminisce about how they ended up in this sad predicament.

On The Five
(A Traffic Opera in One Act)

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