Daniel Morel

The Flint Hills is a region of Eastern Kansas and Central Oklahoma dominated by tall-grass prairies and rolling hillsides. These hills are part of an ancient geologic formation that has since eroded, leaving a layer of flint that speckles the ground. This formation, laid down in the Permian Era, is visible in cutaways that expose layer upon layer of limestone and shale. In Flint Shards, woodwind textures create stratified patterns that match these layered patterns. These textures grow in intenisty or fade away, but always maintain vertical distance. The brass maintain anever-present flow, like the rolling hills, over which these layers emerge and dissipate. With each section, layers emerge with greater intensity, underscored by rhythmic energy. Flint Shards was commissioned by wind ensembles in the Kansas and Missouri region. It only seemed natural to reference this local geography, particularly a stretch of the I-70 corridor I have driven countless times. The geology and implied history of this area is fascinating.

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