Euphonium player Michael Fahrner and I both did our master’s degrees at Georgia State University, and we first collaborated on a trio of New England hymns that we had arranged for euphonium, bass trombone, and percussion for his recital. He asked for a piece that was almost entirely extended techniques. This was outside of my comfort zone as a composer; and although I utilize extended techniques quite frequently, using them as the only source of sound for a brass instrument seemed like a challenge. So, we sat in a practice room and tossed around ideas for a while, and we had gotten this vinyl tubing, to try to recreate the hoseaphones that we’d seen on the internet. That’s where this piece came from.