circle•dances began as a brief collection of holiday-season tunes, but grew into a much bigger project beginning in 2020. I expanded the collection into three books: (i) Advent, (ii) Christmas, and (iii) Epiphany. What used to be a collection of light-hearted pieces became a more calculated expression with a wider variety of composition techniques than I anticipated.

Circle dances are types of social dances that are done without the need of partners. It is likely one of, if not the, oldest dance form and would have been used to mark special occasions. One type of circle dance was the French carole, which we now recognize as the origin of  the term "carol". Thus, this collection of carols, hymns, and seasonal tunes can be termed circle dances.