Joseph Petric began exploring electroacoustic media in the early 1980s. Gems is a compendium of some of his most performed commissions in the 1980s. The electroacoustic works included in this disc by composers Hatch and Hatzis represent a breakthrough in the marriage of computer technology and the practical exigencies of concert production.

"The four pieces collected on this CD are in some ways obviously disparate and perhaps more closely connected than is immediately apparent", comments Margaret Gay, artistic director of the Gallery Players of Niagara.