The Not-Doings of an Insomniac ―Partita for Solo Double Bass with spoken texts―was premiered by Robert Black at the International Society of Bassist Convention at the Griffin Concert Hall in Fort Collins, Colorado.

The Not-Doings of an Insomniac developed as a result of Philip Glass’s frequent travels to unfamiliar cities and different time-zones, changes that often brought on bouts of insomnia. While on a trip in Europe in 2015, Glass decided to turn these redundant waking hours into somethi...