I've always had an interest in the relationship between music and film, and specifically in making filmed classical music more visually interesting. It wasn't until the fall of 2021 that I finally had an idea that wouldn't let me go. I kept seeing in my head an image of a girl who was trapped, and as I let my imagination run wild I heard Bach in my head and the music acted as a conduit to take her to a new world. I realized that this was a concept I very much related to and I needed to find a way to create this world and share it with anyone who might find beauty and escape in it. This was my first time creating and directing a film, and I had a lot of help from a lot of incredibly talented colleagues, friends, and most importantly my sister (who plays the young girl that started this whole journey).

Between 2014 and 2019, I regularly performed on the Evolution Contemporary Music Series and I was proud to represent Baltimore to the big name guest artists/composers that would come in from New York and other big cities. Through those five years I had built up a sizable repertoire list, and decided that instead of doing the standard rep as a debut (which was the advice I had been given), I wanted to play the music I now associated with Baltimore. I also wanted to make as much of the album as I possibly could in Baltimore, by recording at a Baltimore recording studio, by playing with other Baltimore-based musicians, and by working with a Baltimore-based sound engineer to record and mix each track. To me, it's a time capsule of those five years when I was out of school and working to establish myself as a performer, and also finding satisfaction in showing other artists how much Baltimore has to offer the world.