Vocal-Theater

strange father!
(2023)

  • for SATB choir a cappella

  • ca. 8’

  • commissioned by Xavier University and the Cincinnati Symphony in partnership with Luna Lab

    Premiered in Cincinnati in March 2023

You may resume breathing (2022)

  • mezzo-soprano, electronics, modular synthesizer, oboe, bass clarinet, double bass, percussions

  • ca. 12’

  • a scene from Patience, written for Christina Herresthal

    Premiered at the Curtis Institute of Music in December 2022

zugswang b)
(2021)

  • electroacoustic metainstrument & 2 performers

    • 1 laptop with PowerPoint prepared with slides

    • 1 bluetooth speaker

    • 1 audio file

    • 1 microphone

    • 1 tripod

    • 1 iOS device with video camera

    • 2 Clevertouch screens or equivalent projection with bluetooth livestreaming capacity

  • ca. 8’

  • Premiered at the Curtis Institute of Music in December 2021

zugswang a)
(2021)

  • electroacoustic metainstrument & 3 performers

    Onstage:

    • 2 Clevertouch screens

    • 2 iPhone/iOS devices with Switcher Studio app installed

    • 4 FM/AM dial radios with antennae

    • 1 grand piano designed for extended techniques in the interior

    • 3 laptop computers or iPads with Zoom installed and front-facing webcams

    • 1 mp3 prerecorded audio file downloaded to 1 device

    • 1 portable bluetooth speaker connected to device with prerecorded audio file

    • 1 letter

    • 2 felt mutes

    • 1 small, flexible, handheld tripod

    Offstage:

    • 2 computers with QLab + Apple USB-C/Thunderbolt/Mini Displayport to HDMI adapter + 2 HDMI cables

    • 1 iOS device with Switcher Studio software + Apple Lightening to HDMI adapter + 1 HDMI cable

    • 36 prerecorded video files

    • 1 Blackmagic Design ATEM Production Studio 4K (with 4 HDMI inputs and 2 SDI outputs—Program and Auxiliary) + 2 SDI cables + two Blackmagic Design SDI to HDMI converters + 2 HDMI cables

    • 1 computer with ATEM Software Control + 1 ethernet cable + 1 USB Type B to Type A cable

  • ca. 30’

  • Premiered in December 2021 at the Curtis Institute of Music

when icarus fell, was there a splash? (2019)

  • soprano, flute, oboe, horn, trumpet, violin, cello, piano, electronics, conductor

  • ca. 22′

  • Commissioned by Zeitgeist

    Premiered at the Curtis Institute in December 2019

    Performed at National Sawdust in Brooklyn for Beth Morrison Project’s Next Gen Competition Semi-Finals in May 2021

electronic dance music
(2022)

for John Dowell’s A Public Intimate Space

  • pre-recorded sound installation

  • ca. 75’

  • commissioned by the Barnes Foundation and the Curtis Institute of Music for John E. Dowell and Zane Booker’s “A Public Intimate Space”

    Premiered December 2022