Purple Editorial

For orchestra (3333.4331.timp+2.harp.piano.strings)
Read by the USC Thornton Symphony
Donald Crockett, conductor
April 17, 2023, Los Angeles, California

In reality television, a “purple edit” is when a person is deliberately underedited to the point of the audience forgetting that the person exists. I was thinking about the absurdity of reality television editing and the notion of hiding something ‘in plain sight’ as I was writing this piece.