I wrote Hockey Story for Brazilian-Canadian pianist, Luciane Car­dassi. Luciane had immi­grated to Canada a cou­ple of years before­hand and was inter­ested in explor­ing the hockey cul­ture of Canada. She was also look­ing for a piece that involved elec­tron­ics and speak­ing or singing, which was a good fit for my com­po­si­tional inter­ests. A hockey theme is some­what out­side of my usual work, but I decided it would be a good chal­lenge and pro­vide me with some fresh perspectives.

The text is taken entirely from hockey ter­mi­nol­ogy. I weave together short word-units in order to cre­ate a nar­ra­tive that ref­er­ences what I see as aspects of the spirit of hockey, play­ing with both the mean­ing and sound of the words. Through­out the piece, there is a coun­ter­point between the voice, elec­tron­ics (con­trolled by the pianist), and piano, cre­at­ing a three-way dialogue.