Trios for One was a classroom, an experiment, and a proof of concept all built out of the disappointment that flowed from the onset of the pandemic. To expand on this it’s good to start with the initial idea as it came to me in 2019: I’d like to record with two viol players I’d met and whose musical company I’d enjoyed. When I was living in Los Angeles I invited Arnie Tanimoto and Malachai Bandy over for an afternoon of reading music for bass viols, and to fill out the music we’d assembled for the session I printed out Thomas Morley’s Canzonets for Three Voices. The afternoon zipped by with the three of us making quick work of all the music set before us. After everyone left I felt a lot of wind in my sails, and put a pin in the idea of developing a recording project with Malachai and Arnie in 2020 when I wrapped up touring with Radical Face. Needless to say, none of that happened.