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Topography of Dreaming was composed by Christopher Deane for his vibraphone and composition clinic at the 2009 Percussive Arts Society International Convention. Chris premiered the piece with longtime friends and collaborators Mark Ford and Brian Zator. This piece embodies three characteristics found in many of Deane’s compositions: an elegant and deeply considered compositional architecture; a propensity for extended techniques and expanding the possibilities of percussion instruments; and his use of dovetailing ideas that cycle around and over each other in an unbroken loop.