Home, Run Away from Me is a musical observation and response to the universal and age-old themes of home, migration, displacement, and resilience over the expanse of humankind.

The work connects poetry from Venezuela, Palestine, and Somalia to histories and experiences that examine these complex and layered concepts in music that aims for a kind of universality: music that centers the human experience and the everpresent urge to find a place to belong to. The cycle draws inspiration from Mahler’s Das Lied von Der Erde with its mixing of dramatic orchestration, dual singers, and exploration of the human condition beyond national borders. 

Throughout the piece the alternating dialogue between male and female vocalists is intended to represent the universality of the human condition. It is when these voices come together in the third song "Earth Presses Against Us"  that the full intent of Home, Run Away from Me is realized: unity exists even amid the subconsciously ominous and often antagonizing underbelly of humanity that is represented by the orchestral accompaniment.

Home, Run Away from Me compels us to consider what "home" even is and how we can create a feeling of belonging for ourselves, while also making room for others.