Doubtful Sound for Solo Frame Drum 

Composed by Yousif Sheronick
Commissioned and performed by Mark Suter
Doubtful Sound is inspired by a recent trip to New Zealand. A 50th birthday present from, and with, my loving wife Kathryn Lockwood and daughter Surriah. Our journey through Doubtful Sound, a fiord in the far south west of New Zealand, was utterly spectacular and jaw dropping. From the seal colony at the mouth of the sound, the rough and jagged razor-backed mountains and its serene inner passages, this piece seeks to capture and recreate a journey from the sea inward. This work was written for my good friend Mark Suter and is highly influenced by 25 year of work with my teacher Glenn Velez.