A commission through the Anthony P. Checchia Composers Project of the Philadelphia Chamber Music Society, each of the diverse Pieces of Eight has a personal background, as explained by the composer. Pieces range in subject matter from a memoriam to the sheer joy of pianistic playfulness. For advanced pianists. Preludetto, Scherzo Curioso, Song for Bobbie, Variation No. 34, Toccata with a short Trio, per sepulchra regionum coget omnes, the dying of the light, Incitatus.