(2016-present)
ORCHESTRA & LARGE ENSEMBLE
of recorded time (2021)
asynchronous orchestra of 18 musicians
written for the Curtis Symphony Orchestra (*Zoom Edition)
Golem gives itself a Name (2020)
full orchestra
written for the Curtis Symphony Orchestra
change is the only constant: a sound poem for chamber orchestra (2019)
chamber orchestra
written for the 2019 Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music Composers Workshop
wherever you go, there you are (2018)
chamber orchestra
commissioned by the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra
The Toy Box at the End of the Scalpel (2018)
full orchestra
written for Utah Youth Orchestras and Ensembles
CHAMBER ENSEMBLE
greed is good and winning is everything (2021)
baritone, trumpet, trombone, bass clarinet
commissioned by loadbang
cognitive dissonance, or, the inevitability of downfall does not necessarily negate its shock (2020)
any number of performers
commissioned for Musical Mentor’s Collaborative’s Requiem-20
Superspreader (2020)
two pianos, toy piano, accordion (two players)
commissioned by HOCKET
The Negation of Art (2020)
violin and piano
Ineluctable Modality of the Visible (2020)
flute, two oboes, clarinet, horn, violin, double bass, speaker, conductor
commissioned by the Sarasota Music Festival
when Icarus fell, was there a splash? Part I (2019-)
soprano, flute, oboe, horn, trumpet, violin, cello, piano, electronics, conductor
commissioned by Zeitgeist, premiered at the Curtis Institute
Tesla’s $1,000,000 Folly (2019)
bassoon trio
commissioned by Brad Balliett
Vestiges (2019)
string quartet
commissioned by the FLUX Quartet and the 2019 soundSCAPE Festival
presumably dogs do not reflect upon thinking itself (2019)
3 horns
commissioned by Fifth House Ensemble and the 2019 Fresh Inc Festival, made possible by the Steven R. Gerber Trust
Dramatis Personae (2019)
flute, oboe, trombone, 2 pianists (1 inside, 1 keyboard), 2 violins, 2 violas, ‘cello
written for YoungArts Los Angeles 2019
all that is solid (a study in entropy) (2018)
piano, violin, viola, oboe, horn, tap dancer
written for members of the Boston University Tanglewood Institute, Class of 2018
Anamnesis (2018)
wind quintet
written for BUTI and Vento Chiaro Wind Quintet
Addio (2018)
string quartet and electronics
written for BUTI and the 2018 Fromm Players
on a smog-engulfed highway (2018)
brass quintet
commissioned by Face the Music and Luna Composition Lab
Das Nichtige (2018)
Bb clarinet and violin
SOLO
TBD (in progress)
re-tuned piano
written for B.K. Zervigon and J.T. Hassell
TBD (in progress)
violin
written for Nathan Cole’s 2021 Violympics
Dance Suite (2021)
violin
commissioned by Johnny Gandelsman
Spooky Action at a Distance (2021)
organ and video
written for Aaron Patterson
Soliloquy (2017; revised 2021)
solo trumpet
written for Justin Bernardi
text from Albert Camus’ The Plague, translated by Stuart Gilbert
Life after death…? (2020)
solo double bass
written for Markus Lang
Bodypolitik (2020)
oboe and video
written for Mekhi Gladden
Manuscripts Don’t Burn (2019)
piano
commissioned by Inna Faliks
The Persistence of Memory II (2017)
violin
VOCAL
Carrion Triptych (2019)
mezzo-soprano and piano
written for the Curtis Art Song Seminar 2019, Hannah Klein, and Reese Revak
Pensive and Faltering (2019)
mezzo-soprano and piano
written for the Curtis Art Song Seminar 2019, Hannah Klein, and Reese Revak
all the things i cannot say (2018)
mezzo-soprano and piano
written for BUTI, Ellie Jarrett-Shattles, and Thomas Weaver
MULTIDISCIPLINARY
Red\Blue (2019)
video and audio recordings
Haptic Music for the Hands and Eyes (2019)
1 performer, chalk, chalkboard, and sheet music
variations exist for more performers and writing utensils
Social Allegory (2019)
4 performers (including 1 violinist), 15-20 balloons, 1-3 radios, 1 LP record of Wagner’s Good Friday Spell from Parsifal, 1 gramophone, 1-3 sirens, 5-8 maps, 2 pairs of scissors, 1 snow globe, 1 wooden table, 1 wooden chair, 1 dreidel (3 sides painted nun and 1 painted gimel), and 1 sign reading the world stage
Sun Damage (2019)
1 performer and wine glass, notebook, pencil, water, hat, sunscreen, and optional hairdryer
Gallery Pieces (2017, rev. 2019)
art gallery and any musician(s)
God Playing Dice (2018, in revision)
two performers: speaker/dice and treble-clef-reading instrument
FIELD RECORDING | ELECTRONICS
chance/chants/dance (2018)
written for Janet Gray Studios Ensemble
” “ (2018)
Self-Portrait (2018)
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List of Works as of November 2020.
Please click here for a detailed list of works. (Feb 2019)