Works List
Solo
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Polychrome (Jan. 2024): for drum set, drum pad, and optional video; 8 min.; to be premiered by members of the Amplify Consortium in 2024
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Rhapsody on “Rahel Lastimoza” (March 2023): for solo piano and electronics; 8 min.; premiered by Ting Luo in San Francisco in May 2023
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Glow from an Open Doorway (July 2022): for solo clarinet; 8 min.; performed by Joshua Phillips at the Composers Conference in July 2022
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Addition, Subtraction (Aug. 2021): for solo percussion; 7.5 min; performed by Chris Froh in October 2021
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Rounded Corners (July 2021): for solo oboe; 4.5 min.; premiered virtually by Ellen O’Neill in July 2021
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Rumination on “La Prima Vez” (dissertation, Sept. 2019): for solo flute; 9 min.; performed by Sarah Wald at the Manetti Shrem Gallery in September 2019
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Declamation (Dec. 2018): for solo cello; 8 min.; performed by Rhonda Rider at UC Davis in January 2019; performed again by Kathryn Brunhaver in Eugene, OR in October 2022
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Rhapsody (March 2018): for solo violin; 8 min.; performed by Miranda Cuckson in May 2018
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Variations (June 2018): for solo organ; 9.5 min.; performed by Annie Spink at the Oregon Bach Festival in July 2018
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Echoes and Fragments (Feb. 2018): for solo harp and live electronics; 8.5 min.; performed by Jennifer Ellis in April 2018
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Theme and Variations (Aug. 2016): for solo flute; 8 min.; performed at the Brevard Music Festival in August 2016
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Prelude and Canonic Fantasy (March 2015): for carillon; 7 min.; commissioned by James Fackenthal in January 2015; performed at Rockefeller Chapel in August 2015
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Dalí’s Staircase (March 2013): for solo piano; 6.5 min.; performed at the Hyde Park Salon Series by Donna Lee Fackenthal in August 2013 and at SFCM by Yinqi Zhu in November 2013
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Impromptu (Dec. 2011): miniature for solo harp; 1.5 min.; performed at Columbia University by Maia Darme in February 2012
Chamber (Instrumental)
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Suite for Baroque Ensemble (in progress): for traverso, Baroque violin, Baroque cello, and archlute; to be performed by members of Sinfonia Spirituosa in 2025
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Switching Places (Nov. 2023): for brass quintet; variable duration; performed by the Hornet Horns in December 2023
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Tempus (Im)perfectum (Oct. 2023): for flute and cello; 6.5 min.; performed by Cathie Apple and Tim Stanley at the Crocker Art Museum in November 2023
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Distorted Cogs (June 2022): for trumpet, drum set, piano, fixed electronics, and video; 7.5 min. premiered by the SPLICE Ensemble in July 2022
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Asynchronies (Sept. 2021): for two pianos and two percussionists; 10 min.; performed by Berlin PianoPercussion in November 2021
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After Zao Wou-Ki (July 2021): for violin, harp, piano, and double bass; 14 min.; performed by Bowdoin Festival musicians at the Bowdoin International Music Festival in August 2021
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Stage Whisper (March 2021): for amplified clarinet, amplified viola, amplified prepared piano, and live electronics; recorded and premiered virtually by the Empyrean Ensemble in May 2021
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Double Toil, Double Coil (Jan. 2021): for berimbau quartet; recorded and premiered virtually by Arcomusical in February 2021
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Fog (Sept. 2020): miniature for flute, violin, cello, and piano; 1.5 min.; included in the Thirsty Ears Festival Audio Tour in October 2020
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Overboard (July 2020): for horn and cello; 8.5 min.; recorded and premiered virtually by the Bowdoin International Music Festival in August 2020
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Cleave (dissertation, Feb. 2020): for cello, piano, and dancers; 15 min.; to be premiered virtually (TBD)
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The Rose and the Nightingale (dissertation, March 2020): for soprano sax, clarinet, bassoon, and SuperCollider; pre-recorded performance by Keyed Kontraptions in October 2020
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Meditation on “La Prima Vez” (dissertation, Dec. 2019): for piano four hands; 8 min.; performed by ZOFO at UC Davis in February 2020
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Concerto in Miniature (April 2019): for flute, clarinet, violin, viola, cello, and piano; 6 min.; performed by the Empyrean Ensemble at UC Davis in June 2019
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Allegro Scherzando (Nov. 2018): for string quartet; 8.5 min.; performed by the Daedalus Quartet at UC Davis in January 2019
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Music for the Pritzlaff Building (Sept. 2018): for violin and bass clarinet; 6 min.; performed by Jeff Yang and Cory Tiffin at the Pritzlaff Building for Doors Open Milwaukee in September 2018
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Chorale Figures (March 2018): for contrabass flute and contraforte; 8.5 min.; performed by Keyed Kontraptions in San Francisco in April 2018
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Fantasy for Electric Guitar and Percussion (Dec. 2017): for electric guitar and percussion; 9 min.; performed by the Living Earth Show at UC Davis in February 2018
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Prelude and Allegro (June 2017): for violin, English horn, and harp; 10 min.; performed by Sophie Verhaeghe, Marissa Honda, and Carina Walter at the TALIS Festival in July 2017
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Adagio (April 2017): for flute, viola, cello, and piano; 12 min.; performed by the Empyrean Ensemble in June 2017
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Percussion Trio (Feb. 2017): for three percussionists; 11 min.; performed by Chris Froh, Michael Austin, and Jordan Shippy in April 2017
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Largo (July 2016): for string quartet; 10 min.; performed at the Brevard Music Festival in July 2016
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Octet (Feb. 2016): for piccolo, 5 C flutes, alto flute, and bass flute; 8 min.; performed by the St. Xavier University Flute Choir in Chicago in April 2016
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Divertimento (Sept. 2015): for flute and cello; 5 min.; performed during Open House Chicago by members of Access Contemporary Music in October 2015
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Bacchanale (June 2015): for Pierrot ensemble plus percussion; 7.5 min.; performed at the Atlantic Music Festival in August 2015
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Pas de Quatre (June 2015): for percussion quartet; 6 min.; performed at the nief-norf Summer Music Festival at UT Knoxville in June 2015, PASIC in November 2015, New Music on the Bayou in June 2016, Idyllwild Summer Music Festival in July 2017, and Eko Nova in October 2017
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String Quintet (July 2013): for two violins, viola, cello, and double bass; 10 min.; studio recording by members of the Civic Orchestra of Chicago in August 2013
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Piano Trio (Jan. 2013): for violin, cello, and piano; 10 min.; performed at SFCM by SFCM students in April 2013 and at the Hyde Park Salon Series by the Chicago Trio in August 2013
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Cantilena (April 2012): for violin, cello, and piano; 4.5 min.; performed by NYYS members at Symphony Space in May 2012
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Requiem (July 2011): for woodwind quintet; 8 min.; performed at the Wintergreen Summer Music Festival by the Crawfords Climb Woodwind Quintet in August 2011
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Clarinet Quartet (Dec. 2010): for clarinet, violin, viola, and cello; 8 min.; performed at Columbia University by counter)induction in December 2010
Large Ensemble
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The Whango Tree (June 2022): for 16 musicians; 9 min.; premiered by the Composers Conference Ensemble in August 2022
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Solitary Melodies (Marchh 2022): for remote ensemble of 10 musicians or more; virtual project (www.remoteensembleproject.com)
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Lavava y Suspirava: Fantasy on a Sephardic Romance (dissertation, Feb. 2020): for 13 musicians; 8.5 min.; premiered by the UC Davis Sinfonietta in May 2022
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Scene from Prometheus Unbound (Feb. 2016): for baritone, flute, clarinet, bass clarinet, horn, trumpet, trombone, timpani, percussion, and piano; 10 min.; performed by the University of Tennessee Martin Contemporary Music Group in November 2016
Orchestral
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After Brahms (Aug. 2022): 2.2.2.3 - 4.2.3.1 - timp. - strings; 6 min; performed by the Camellia Symphony Orchestra in September 2022
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Three Miniatures for Orchestra (June 2022): 2.2.3.3. - 4.3.3.2 - timp. - 3 perc. - piano - strings; 10 min.; premiered by the Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra in July 2022
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Landscape with Ruins (March 2019): 3.3.3.2 - 4.3.3.1 - timp. - 3 perc. - strings; 9 min.; reading with the UCDSO in April 2019
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Allegro (July 2016): 2.2.2.2 - 2.2.1.0 - timp. - strings; 5 min.; read by the Brevard Music Center Orchestra in August 2016
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Adagio and Scherzo (Dec. 2014): 2.2.2.2 - 2.2.1.1 - timp. - strings; 9 min.; performed by the Chicago City-Wide Orchestra in March 2015; Scherzo read by the AMF Orchestra in July 2015
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Interior (Nov. 2013): for soprano and orchestra; 5 min.; read by the SFCM Orchestra and Stephanie Dietz in December 2013
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Danse Oblique (Jan. 2012): 2.2.2.2 - 1.1.0.0 - strings; 4 min.; read members of the American Composers Orchestra and the New York Youth Symphony at the DiMenna Center in April 2012
Art Song
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Dust of Snow (May 2023): for soprano and piano; 5.5 min.; performed at NMOP in June 2023
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Approach of Winter (Jan. 2017): for soprano and piano; 4 min.; recorded by Lucy Fitz Gibbons in May 2017
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Everyone Sang (July 2016): for mezzo soprano and piano; 2.5 min.; performed at the Brevard Music Festival in July 2016
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At Midnight (Sept. 2013): for soprano and piano; 7.5 min.; studio recording by Katherine Vokes and Daniel Schlosberg in January 2014
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Aubade (March 2013): for soprano and piano; 3 min.; performed at SFCM by Stephanie Dietz and Anne Polyakov in April 2013
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Vocalise (July 2012): for soprano and cello; 3 min.; performed at La Schola Cantorum in Paris by EAMA students in July 2012
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Tombstones in the Starlight (April 2012): for soprano and piano; 17 min.; performed at Columbia University by Rachel Chung and Jingxuan Zhang in April 2012
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Calm Seas (Nov. 2011): for soprano, clarinet, violin, viola, cello, and piano; 4.5 min.; performed at Columbia University by counter)induction in December 2011
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Roses (July 2011): for soprano and piano; 2 min.; performed by Ann Moss and Joungmin Sur at CSU Fresno in July 2011
Chamber Opera
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Empress Matilda (in progress): for soprano, mezzo soprano, tenor, baritone, and Pierrot ensemble; workshops of excerpts to be completed by IBOC in November 2024 and the SFCM New Music Ensemble in March 2025
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Cake: The Opera (April 2019): for soprano, tenor, viola, and piano; 10 min.; performed by Ann Moss, Jacob Thompson, Kelly Thomas (optional silent role), Kurt Rohde, and Karen Rosenak at UC Davis in May 2019
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Pat on the Back (March 2018): for soprano, tenor, and piano four hands; approx 9 min.; performed by the Brooklyn Art Song Society in May 2018
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Elegy for a Lady (April 2014): chamber opera for soprano, baritone, piano, flute, clarinet, violin, violoncello, and double bass; 40 min.; performed at SFCM by SFCM students and alumni in May 2014
Choral
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Healing (Jan. 2024): for SSAA choir, duduk, khamanche, and glass harp; 7.5 min.; to be premiered by Vox Musica in April 2025
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Fragmentary Blue (March 2023): for vocal soloist, SSAA choir, and organ; 8 min.; premiered by Vox Musica in April 2023
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Songs for the People (March 2022): for SSAA choir and two percussionists; 4.5 min.; premiered by Vox Musica in May 2022
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Jasmine and Roses (dissertation, Sept. 2020): for SATB choir; to be recorded by the UC Davis Chorus in December 2020
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dreamers no. 2 (Jan. 2017): for SSAA choir and blossom bells; 5 min.; performed by Vox Musica and Laura Inserra in Sacramento in February 2017
Film
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Dysrhythmia (March 2020): for silent film and chamber ensemble (flute, clarinet, percussion, piano, violin, cello); 11.5 min.; recorded and premiered virtually by the ACM Sound of Silent Film Festival in June 2020
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A Few Minutes of Pure Cinema (June 2019): for silent film and chamber orchestra; 4 min.; performed by the Avanti! Chamber Orchestra in Porvoo, Finland in July 2019
Other
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Churn, Ebb, Flow (Dec. 2021): for flute, electronics, and video; 8 min.; recorded and premiered by Sarah Wald on Sparrow Live in December 2021
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Floating Archways (Dec. 2021): for flute, electronics, and video; 12.5 min.; recorded and premiered by Sarah Wald on Sparrow Live in December 2021
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Diptych (An Audiovisual Installation) (Sept. 2021): for string quartet, electronics, and video; 12.5 min.; acoustic part recorded by the Argus Quartet in August 2021
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Passing Through (dissertation, June 2021): sound installation for the Manetti Shrem Museum; exhibited in June-September 2021
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Tessellation: A Musical Game (May 2019): interactive exhibit at the Manetti Shrem Museum; displayed in June 201