Here is a recent performance of Alpha’s Last Dance, a composition I wrote during our Isle Royale National Park residency in 2007. As I said at the concert last Wednesday, this piece was inspired by a real life story about an alpha female wolf that used to live on the island, but when you listen to it you can just insert your own wolf mythology.

A note to performers, never take for granted who might be in the audience when you perform in public, even in the boonies. Tom Robertello, the flute teacher and performer who is associate professor of flute at Indiana University came up to us after the concert and introduced himself! He was on the island for vacation and happened to attend our program. He was just as surprised by our meeting as we were.