Devlali (2018) ~9’

solo double bass

Premiered by Peter Guild on March 17, 2019 at Kresge Hall in Pittsburgh.

Devlali, for Solo Double Bass, explores various extended techniques of the instrument, such as knocking and bowing the bridge itself. The title, Devlali, is the name of a type of number, also known as a “self number,” because it cannot be written as the sum of any number n and n’s individual digits. The idea of Devlali numbers is prevalent throughout the three movements of the piece, through the rhythms and pauses being built off of the single digit self numbers.