...Toward... by Huijuan Ling published on 2017-11-15T23:21:06Z First Reading at E1630, University of Cincinnati, College-Conservatory of Music, by CCM Orchestra, 12-02-2015. Premiere at Patrica Corbett Theater, University of Cincinnati, College-Conservatory of Music, 04-20-2016. Conductor: Yael Front. CCM Philharmonia Orchestra. ...Toward... is inspired by a "V" structure. Over the course of the piece, the music travels towards the bottom of it and then to the top. The bottom of the "V" can be conceived of as sea level, with everything past that line resting beneath the water. The underwater section is realized quite literally through a clarinet solo that is buried by the fluctuating colors and gradual building up of string textures. The clarinet solo line is picked up by the trumpet later on, from then on functioning as a transition — towards the moment your head emerges from the sea gasping for air. Genre Classical