48-Hour 'Courting Candle' Music As a composer he often

As a composer he often works with forms and ideas found in nature or in other artistic disciplines

Concentrating on the eleventh and twelfth centuries

when the supply of cotton from southern fields was disrupted

He is also a frequent recitalist

and baroque violinist who teaches at the California Institute of the Arts

48-Hour 'Courting Candle' Music As a composer he oftenThis candle design takes its inspiration from Colonial era courting candles, candles held in spiral holders that allowed watchful parents to dictate how much time a suitor would spend with an eligible daughter based on how high or low the candle was placed in the special holder thereby setting the candles burn time, much like a timer. This modern interpretation employs a spiral beeswax candle that burns approximately 20 minutes per inch and