"The piece inspired me in a number of ways. First, thinking about the voice of Coltrane's saxophone singing out over the chaos of a subway train station and the crowds of people milling about on their way to somewhere. The station as a point of departure, not the destination, and so the people all en route, in motion, leaving for different destinations. Secondly, John Coltrane is a legendary sax player who has played for thousands in concerts, and is responsible for landmark records in a form of jazz known as bebop. Perhaps most of the commuters that day were oblivious to who was standing at the station and creating this beautiful music in how own special way.
"My piece address the topics of well-being and sustainability in cities by foregrounding the importance of art to give beauty and meaning to the routines of crowds going about their otherwise mundane day. Coltrane's artistic expression humanizes the mindless anonymity of a crowd by communicating some spiritual that could touch
