This I Am Sure Of, for Saxophone and Percussion, is dedicated to my best friend and loving fiancée, Kayla Ann Dempsey. The initial melodic and harmonic content of the piece was created by using a custom musical cryptogram that assigned each letter of the alphabet to specific pitches. Using this cryptogram I selected a few names, locations and dates that are important to our relationship. Using these short melodic fragments I expanded the texture of the piece by filling in the gaps and adding supportive harmony.