Arranged commissioned for Flute Choir by Alaina Diehl and the North Shore Senior High School Flute Ensemble. Original for C flute trío.
Spider Dance is the story of a young spider that is learning to weave her first web.
As in everything else in life, it starts with an idea; she wonders how to reach that goal and feel the satisfaction of this project she wants so much!
After thinking, she brings her innate skills to a technical process (fugato part), propelling them into full action. She feels great and is enjoying it to the point of a brisk excitement, so much that she loses track of her own movements and gets tangled in her own web!
"Jezzz! pishhH!!! ...how do I free myself from this!”… she thinks ... slowly untangling the threads, and then, _as in life_, she gives a shake and a breath to restore herself, and then she is ready for the last stitch. Lesson learned and mission accomplished!