I composed "Chapel" in 2005 during a music residency in Italy. The peace and tranquility of the Italian countryside inspired me to compose this piece for 'sarod' and guitar as a fusion of two diametrically opposite string instruments - the staccato of the nylon-string guitar juxtaposed with the clean, long bending notes of the 'sarod.' In these difficult times, peace is vital for mankind and our earth to survive, and music can make this possible. Deepak Castelino played acoustic guitar, Shyam Nepali played Nepali sarangi and I played sarod.