Program Notes

Robo Toad Express (2026) is a wild journey of comical proportions. A tale of a brave young toad who dared to race across the West in the finest locomotive that $20 and a pack of Charleston Chew could buy. He also happens to be a little bit cybernetically inclined, but that’s a story for another time. His journey follows the path of his train: winding around mountainous cliffs, soaring through lush grasslands, and enduring the occasional engine malfunction... probably because he bought his iron steed for $20. Sounds like he got a bad deal, if you ask me. The scratching and pizzicato sounds of his unstable engine, the exclamatory shout of the quartet, and the rapid fiddle gestures all come together to capture the delightfully chaotic ride of this imaginary robotic amphibian.