"One of my purest pleasures is realized when you allow me to reveal the extraordinary within the ordinary; when I can excite an interest in the overlooked, unloved, taken for granted. As a composer of light and color, I'm as intrigued by a pile of mangoes as a wave upon the sea or the rusted tin roof of a cracker cabin. I find these worth sharing.

   "Traveling exstensively (I've quite the gypsy past) I'm immeasurably affected by the world's cultures and landscapes, still, you'll find it evident in my work that the soul of Florida is deep within me: its shadowed shifts of sand, seas, and skies; the brilliant sub-tropical flora and fauna; the hard-scrabbled histories and intimate village views. They're very much my story.

-TARA