Sound Fields is a piece inspired and informed by the sounds I experience while at a contemporary music festival called New Music on the Point. It was situated next to a beautiful lake in Vermont - and one of those “life changing experiences”, you could say. It was definitely a privilege to be there and to hear all of the music there - I fell in love with the idea of meditative pieces - pieces where the ensemble serves to assist the listener in achieving a particular state of thoughtfulness and reflection (hopefully). The electronics used in this piece are all field recordings from the festival - the sound of wine glasses, the sound of friends jamming to a dulcimer while singing into it, and then sound of weird composers experimenting (while tipsy) with random found objects and the sounds they make. I originally wrote a piece for LIGAMENT, a soprano and contrabass duo, that was very experimental and out of my style. It was a learning experience writing for the group, but the whole festival made me realise where I wanted my music to be going, and this piece is a testament to that.