Confession from Rising by Mavis Pan Quintet

This tune was composed upon visiting Chopin’s grave in Paris in May 2023. I paid tribute to this great composer whose piano music I deeply treasure by citing his famous waltz in B minor at the intro and outro. The melancholy sentiment implied a secret “crush” that was never revealed verbally but can only be confessed through music.

Mavis Pan is a composer, pianist, singer who presents a blend of East and West, Classical and Jazz, Sacred and Secular. Her travels throughout Asia, Europe, the Middle East, and the United States have gathered flavors of a multitude of cultures, now blended into her compositions, which range from popular to avant-garde, from ballad to art song, from solo instrumental to full orchestra.