Julian’s Fasti , a concert work created by Colin Gee and composer/pianist John McDonald and premiered at Tufts University on May 4, 2019, is based on the commemorative events and dates listed in Ovid’s poem, Fasti. A Fasti is an almanac-like literary form listing commemorative dates and the cultural/historical narratives they commemorate. Ovid’s Fasti, published in 8AD, frequently flatters the Emperor in an attempt to have his exile lifted and return to Rome, and his rhetorical modes include agricultural, epic, religious, and commercial, among others. At the beginning of Ovid’s poem, the god of time, Janus, explains to the reader that this organization of events (as distinct episodes) is the only way we can understand time. Julian’s Fasti is an evening-length series of short pieces for piano and dancer.