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Sounds: Nick Vasallo: The Eternal Return

I recently heard that composer Nick Vasallo had moved to southern California, and decided we had to do something on him. I’ve been a fan of his music for a long time, after coming across it via a search for metal influences in classical music a few years back, when he was doing his doctorate at UC Santa Cruz. He’s now here to teach at Cal Poly Pomona, and when I asked what he wanted to put up, he sent me this:

Right?!!

More about the piece is up at nickvasallo.com/the-eternal-return-2015-for-concert-band, and more of Nick’s music at nickvasallo.com.