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Life Is Like That was written specifically for the San Francisco Composers Chamber Orchestra, its standard instrumentation plus a synthesizer. It was performed September 15, 2007 - great fun.
This was my fourth autumn concert in a row with SFCCO, on the occasion of SFCCO's fifth anniversary. It was written over the course of 2006 and tweaked in the past year. Several metaphors were developed from clichés into music ... Life Is Like That uses a 5+4/4 motif, which weaves into an uncertain rhythm that is vaguely familiar. Harmonies, at times both consonant and dissonant, elide throughout the piece; one chord passes into another, almost unnoticed. Moments of apparent clarity are interrupted by childish pranks and surprises. And it ends with a question mark. Listen here:
For those of you who are curious, the full score is provided below.