I composed this soft, lyrical string quartet movement for my dear friend Eve Cohen. Chamber music was her

greatest joy. She was also a bit particular about her instrument, the viola. As her friend Elizabeth Goodman

remarked, “Eve was someone who accepted you completely or who you are—and then tried to get you to play viola!”

Eve was Program Director and viola coach for the Los Angeles Youth Orchestra. She played a critical role

helping guide the orchestra into one of the top youth ensembles in Los Angeles. She passed away in

November 2012 from cancer, just months before the orchestra had its first performance at Carnegie Hall

in New York.

Piece for Eve is to be played luminous and distant, its triadic harmonics a glowing resonance from a once bright star.