Music
Composed for Chamber Ensemble, Large Ensemble, Electronics, Installation, and Film.
2023
Endling Song
A piece for full orchestra. Written for the Yale Philharmonia. Click on the image to listen.
breathing room
A short stop-motion film with music/foley performed by a live ensemble. Commissioned by the No Exit New Music Ensemble. Click on the image to watch/listen.
2022
hum house
Chamber music for soprano, flute, oboe, double bass, percussion & electronics. Click on the image to listen.
or fish?
A piece for piano, live electronics, and projection.
murmur
Chamber music for gesture, soprano, flute, clarinet, violin, and percussion. Click on the image to listen.
2021
Willow Woven Over
A short animated film with an original soundtrack drawn from the 2020 album of the same name. Click on the image to watch.
“talking” piece
A piece for vocalizing string quartet and gesture.
Mollusk Vignettes
A concerto for Hammered Dulcimer.
2020
Willow Woven Over
An album thematically based on Jean Ritchie’s Blue Bird Song.
2019
GOSSAMER
Mixed media piece for violin, hammered dulcimer, rear projection, and electronics. Inspired by Pythagoras’ method of ‘acousmatic’ lecturing. Click on the image to watch a performance video.
Music for Baristas
First performed at Small World Coffee as part of Sō Percussion's 2019 summer institute at Princeton University. Perc. 1: the amazing Daniel Matei. Perc. 2: the infallible Mason Lynass. Click on the image to watch a performance video.
Ensounder
“ . . . if that is so, then let it be said of the body, as it sings, hums, whistles or speaks, that it is ensounded.”
— Tim Ingold
Performed by Sō Percussion as part of their summer institute at Princeton University. Click on the image to watch a performance video.
Gradations
An effort to realize the above image through string trio. First recorded and performed at New Music on the Point by Christopher Otto (Violin) of JACK Quartet, Elsie Han (Viola), and Addie Hotchkiss (Cello). Click on the image to listen. Click on the image to listen.