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Minerva

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Minerva is a short, multi-movement piano piece chronicling a day in the life of my dog, Minerva. This is loosely inspired by some of the Erik Satie’s pieces, especially Véritables Préludes flasques (pour un chien) and I hope I’ve captured at least a little of Satie’s fun and absurdity. Each movement tracks one of Minerva’s activities in her busy day, like:

• Waking up, reluctantly
• Playing fetch, but getting distracted by smells on the way to the park
• Taking a nap, but waking up constantly to bark at random things
• Chasing the cat around
• Eating dinner
• Going to bed, reluctantly

Minerva’s got a tough life.