MICHAEL N. MCANDREW, COLLABORATIVE PIANIST/COMPOSER

of the element… is a song cycle that takes a general concept, in this case, the elements (air, water, fire, and earth) and makes deeper connections, rather than explicitly stating the elements for what they are. It is more of an abstract sense of them, with a castle in the air, the fire of love, earth and the moon above, and the lily among the water. Hence, where the name “of the element” originated, as it is of the elements, not the elements.