Ursus maritimus is a work for solo piano commissioned by pianist Eunmi Ko, as a part of her project SPAM! This work is inspired by my struggle with “artist’s block” during summer 2020, as a result of stress surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic. As I would try to compose, I would find myself more easily distracted. This made it extremely difficult to stay on task, and ultimately finish or continue working on any of my projects. This is demonstrated by the separation of varying compositional material into their own brief sections, each being short and/or unfinished. These sections are interjected with the performer fidgeting in various ways.

Ursus maritimus, as a part of SPAM!, was featured on the website I Care If You Listen.

Ursus maritimus is featured on the album Eunmi Ko + CAMP: 12 Views on Life. More information about the album can be found here.