Western Meadowlark is a work based on the analysis of the song of the Western Meadowlark, a species of meadowlark, and its musical reinterpretation. The vocalizations of this bird undergo a variety of patterned transformations depending on environmental conditions and transmission processes, much like dialectal variation in human language. Based on these characteristics, individual phrases were categorized and then reinterpreted musically to more directly emulate birdsong. In addition, these sounds were harmonized through spectral analysis and imitated using various sound synthesis techniques, enriching the density and complexity of the sonic layers. This work was composed with permission from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, using recordings of the Western Meadowlark by Wil Hershberger from its library as reference material.