Sonic Sonnets are three short rhapsodic pieces for piano I composed as an undergraduate at UCLA. They reflect my early impressions of Bartok and Prokofiev. When I entered the New England Conservatory, professor/composer Arthur Berger listened to play my music at my first lesson and wondered aloud why I had been accepted into the Masters program. At last I played these three pieces and he said he guessed there might be something there that showed some small talent.It’s interesting for me now to hear harmonies and gestures in these short pieces that I continue to explore in my works.