Shenanigans was composed for the composer’s friends, Audrey Murphy and Emmalee Hackshaw, who premiered the piece. The Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines the word shenanigans as “tricky or questionable practices or conduct”. No more needs to be said about these trio of friends who met on Craigslist.
The piece makes use of bends for all instruments and some light beatboxing and jet whistles for the flute.