String Trio (2004) by Suzanne Sorkin
for violin, viola, and cello
West Coast premiere

The two movements are bound together by a strident violin melody that is gradually revealed over the course of the work. Each time a fragment of the violin melody emerges, it is placed in a different timbral context. In this way, timbre is used as both a variation procedure and a structural device. The entire melody sings forth at the end of the second movement.