At school we do just strings. We don't have a complete orchestra or anything."

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The 16-minute work for string orchestra starts out with meowing strings that breaks off into every kind of sound that can be made with string instruments, from eerie harmonics to coarse scraping, scratching and sharp pizzicatos.

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The ground shakes when buses roar by, and his strings are barely audible in the orchestra of horns, trucks and sirens.

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"In a symphony orchestra, rhythm and momentum are driven by the strings, " he said.

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