John Siderius commissioned Sketch #2:Homage in January 2021.  It was a welcome diversion from the tedium of pandemic isolation.  The opening section was inspired by the mists on the St. Lawrence River on spring days.  The main melody then takes over.  It is designed to be hopeful and affectionate, inspired by my wife. The two ideas complement each other both musically and emotionally.

In 1999, I wrote a melodic fragment for my wife, internationally acclaimed storyteller Deborah Dunleavy.  The melodic fragment stayed around in my mind until it finally found a home as the main melody in this Sketch for Organ.  The work is my Homage to Deborah