Treasure Up, for guitar and harp

Guitar and Harp, includes score and parts (guitar, harp w/ and w/out pedal markings)

7:10

'Treasure up' references the notion of hoarding things, especially socially, as in keeping track of compliments and slights. In modern terms, we see it in how we can't help but notice how many people have 'liked' our Facebook posts, and how we might let this affect our sense of self-worth and standing in the world. The chromatic sections that are anchored by a clear tonic pedal (starting with D, on to G, etc.) express this obsession. The whole tone sections that intervene continue to include the note D, but it completely loses its sense of tonic because, well, it's a whole tone scale! So....obsession vs. free from obsession. The final section overlays the two pitch collections, suggesting that we live with the tension between treasuring up and being free of that kind of control.