Jacob Fanto

Inspired by the vibrance and fluidity of Dale Chihuly’s glass sculptures, Seaforms – titled after Chihuly’s collection – explores the interplay of light, movement, and organic, aquatic forms. Scored for flute, clarinet, trumpet, vibraphone, piano, violin, viola, cello, and bass, Seaforms moves in waves, unfolding through flowing melodic fragments, shimmering textures, and interwoven lines. The ensemble acts as a prism, refracting gestures into shifting sonic colors, sometimes fragile and delicate, other times radiant and surging with energy. Seaforms’ structure is also prismatic: the bright, piano-led opening gives way to a slower, undulating middle section before returning to the initial material. Like Chihuly’s dynamic sculptures, which bend and twist into abstract, yet cohesive seashell-like forms, the music embraces both fluidity and structure. Independent voices emerge and dissolve, melding into a whole that is constantly shifting yet always interconnected. In this way, Seaforms aims to capture a sense of perpetual motion where sound, like glass and water, shifts between transient states.