For me, the most fascinating aspect of the new James Webb Space Telescope is the fact that it can take pictures of deep space as it was MILLIONS(!) of years ago. It is able to see things that are incredibly distant - millions of light years away. It literally takes millions of years for light to travel to us from those depths of space. The sheer size of space is truly mind blowing!
“Ancient Light” is a new piece inspired by the Webb Telescope and this idea of light that is millions of years old, traveling to us and revealing something from distant space that is millions of years old.
This piece will be premiered in early 2024 by the Oregon All-State Band. Here’s a preview of a section I’ve been working on lately: