Fantastic Dreams was composed during a six-week residency in the late summer and early fall of 2023 at the McDowell Colony in Petersborough, New Hampshire. The work's four short movements – really dreamscapes – are wide ranging in mood and style, yet connected via shared musical motives, gestures and themes.

Dancing with the Muses bursts for ecstatically, settling into a series of short, light-hearted variations, each showcasing a different instrument or group – bassoon, oboe, horns, alto sax...