A flurry of sixteenth notes divided between the hands forms the opening motif and flows in a descending manner like snow flakes falling from the sky. Gusts of wind reflect the skittish nature of the snow flakes that dip and rise in the left hand melody against arpeggiated triads in the right hand. Like a sudden strong blast of wind, bursts of flowing grace note figures are followed by punctuated clusters of notes of the opening theme. The slower middle section continues with grace notes that interrupt floating chords rising and falling over a left hand trill. After another burst, a one-bar ostinato forms in the left hand as rising and falling chords, grace notes and repetitive triplet motif continue to impede each other as the music builds to a return of the faster opening theme. Snow Swirls is a part of the advanced works of the Jane Hergo Concert Series and was a winning composition in the Ohio Federation of Music Clubs Adult Composition Contest in 2017. It can be purchased individually or as a part of the book Atmospheric Sketches.

Looking for a prelude for your next concert? Brief episodic passages flow together like a gentle rain falling from clouds as the listener is transported to a picturesque scene only they can imagine. Slight blurring of melodic lines and trills passing between the hands while the performer engages the damper pedal, along with rolling chords moving in thirds, adds an air of mystery to this late intermediate prelude centered around F# dorian mode. Gentle Rain can also be found in the advance works of the Jane Hergo Concert Series book Atmospheric Sketches.