Hail is the first piece I ever composed, and also the first etude in my book of ten etudes for solo piano. The goal of writing an etude book over the last three years has been to show my progression as a composer, while also exploring many of the compositional styles that have influenced the way that I write today. Hail was born out of a very bitter time in my life, around the same time as Katharos and I was expressing all of these emotions through a new lens of classical music, which is where a lot of the dramatic romantic influences come from, however it's still a piece I look back on fondly, and strong foundation to build the rest of the music that came after on.