The piece was one of four orchestral pieces commissioned by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and premiered in 2006 at the opening of Millennium Park. The music is in the 7/8 rhythm, divided as 123/12/12. The melody is in the Dorian mode on G, Nawa Athar maqām on G, and D minor scale. Aesthetically, the piece examines the reaction to an unfamiliar and uncomfortable experience. It looks at how humans exhibit their responses to such events as a way of coping with our inner worries. Several experiences promoted the piece to have this title, and both involved a bus! The first was in 1988 when I found myself on a bus full of hostile Israeli military personnel while heading south towards Jerusalem. It was a civilian bus, but most civilians who were on it exited along the way, and the army personnel hopped on, heading to their military bases in the West Bank; I didn’t see that coming! The second encounter was when I rode the wrong bus in Chicago, attempting to get to Hyde Park, where I lived, but instead ended up experiencing hostile situations while on the bus leading to Englewood, a neighborhood in Chicago known for gang violence. 
 
The purchase price includes all parts and the score. The piece is also available in several other arrangements with different instrumentation. 

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