This recital features the premiere of a collaborative composition, Of Music and Mourning, based on the Kübler-Ross five stages of grief, performed by the commissioner, Daniel J. Cosio. The five movements were composed by five CU Boulder student composers, each corresponding to one stage of grief. Each movement is also written for a different member of the trombone family. The fifth and final movement, Acceptance, was written by Blake for contrabass trombone and piano.