for flute, clarinet, violin, cello and piano. Unless Acted Upon is a sound representation of Newton's First Law of Motion: A body at rest tends to stay at rest unless acted upon by an external, unbalanced force; a body in motion tends to stay in motion unless acted upon by an external, unbalanced force. This piece explores several ways in which forces can affect a body in motion, and what the musical manifestation
of that force would be.
Unless Acted Upon was commissioned by the Walden School for the Firebird Ensemble.