Displaying Music with the Tag: Classical
Winter
-Performed by Michael Lenahan , October 16, 2026
“Winter” is an introspective piece that intends to put the performer and listener in to the beauty of a snowy mountain landscape. The scene is breathtaking, with a calmness and quite that pervades everything. However, as with life, even in these moments of calm and serenity, there is always a potential for dramatic change. This piece acknowledges that life, much like the weather, is unpredictable and ever-changing. There is beauty, peace, victory, anguish, uncertainty, pain, and inevitably there is always change.
Tags: Ambient, Classical, Joel Laviolette, solo piano
Circles – Reflection
-Performed by Michael Lenahan , July 17, 2026
Circles – Reflection explores ambiguity through harmony and rhythm. With influences from Satie and Chopin, this piece takes time with the melodies, allowing them to unfold as much through the use of silence as through sound. Performed by pianist Michael Lenahan, and recorded on March 5, 2026, at the UT Butler School of Music Recording Studio and was made possible by a grant from the Rainwater Foundation.
Tags: Ambient, Classical, Joel Laviolette, solo piano
Soon Is All We Have
-Joel Laviolette , June 28, 2023
A song for a weekly songwriting group that I'm a part of. The prompt was "Get Well Soon". I like this one. It has David Lang type vibes to me. The chord progressions is loosely based on a phrase in a Bach Chorale I've been learning (aren't they all?).
Tags: Chamber Music, Classical, Joel Laviolette, New Music, Vocals