Lexapro Dreams
Duration - 34:00
Instrumentation - String Quartet

Since I began taking the SSRI medication Lexapro during the previous summer, my dreams have become more vivid and less rational. Besides attempting to nail down some of the more elusive qualities of these dreams, this piece attempts to make audible my headspace in the more (less?) lucid moments surrounding sleep, particularly the disorientation and frustration
that flank it on either side.

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On the right, movements I-III performed by Caroline Durham - Violin I, Jeongmin An - Violin II, Mathew Lee - Viola, Charles Zandieh - Cello.

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Movement IV performed by Laurel Gagnon - Violin I, Caroline Durham - Violin II, Julian Seney - Viola, Dylan Kinneavy - Cello