C O M P O S I T I O N S

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Soloist(s) with Orchestra

Six Narratives (2019)
Song cycle based on poems by Adrienne Rich
ca. 30 minutes
Six vocalists [3 sop, 3 mez] and chamber orchestra [1 fl, 1d cl/bcl, 1perc, 1hp, str]
Commissioned by the Brooklyn Metro Chamber Orchestra
Premiere: Brooklyn Metro Chamber Orchestra, May 18, 2019, BAM Fisher, Brooklyn, NY
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Chamber (including duos)

Pieces of Place: Rockies (in progress)
Trumpet, piano, drumset/percussion and electronics
Commissioned by SPLICE Ensemble
Premiere: TBA, Summer 2024

The Soft Moon (working title – in progress)
Based on the short story by Italo Calvino, from the Cosmicomics
Flute, violin, viola, cello, piano, electronics and video
Commissioned by CreArtBox
Premiere: May 11, 2024

RedGreen Symbiosis (working title – in progress)
Text compiled from fragments of Sappho, translated into English
Soprano, flute/alto flute, clarinet/bass clarinet, violin and cello
Commissioned by Kamratōn Ensemble
Premiere: March 29 (Pittsburgh, PA) and March 31 (Brooklyn, NY), 2024

Chaos (2023)
ca. 10.5 minutes
Clarinet in Bb, clarinet in A, bass clarinet in Bb
Commissioned by Chaos Incarné Trio
Premiere: ClarinetFest, 7 July 2023 at 8:30am, Denver, CO
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Evil Trees (2023)
ca. 11 minutes
Soprano, alto flute and electronics (with optional strummed instrument)
Commissioned by SydeBoob Duo
Premiere: 4 May 2023 at 7pm, Scholes Street Studio, Brooklyn, NY

Alphabet Soup (2022)
ca. 12 minutes
String quartet
Premiered on 22 September 2022 by Momenta Quartet at St. Johns in the Village, New York, NY
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mountains we love (2022)
ca. 5 minutes
String trio (violin, viola, cello)
Premiere: 19-20 August 2022 by Lost Marbles Trio (Alexandrina Boyanova, violin; Hannah Selin, viola; Valeriya Sholokhova, cello) at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Spiritual Noise (2022)
ca. 12 minutes
Percussion trio (amplified piano, crotales, vibraphone, snare drums, gongs, sizzle cymbal)
Premiere: Emilyrose Ristine et al., 28 March 2022, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA

Pieces of Place: Catskills (2021)
ca. 18 minutes
String quartet + electronics
Workshop/Performance: Argus Quartet, Wednesday, 10 November 2021 at Rock Hall Auditorium, Philadelphia, PA
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dream journal (2021)
ca. 9.5 minutes
Piano (4 hands), synthesizer, voice, electronics
Commissioned by Chromic Duo
World Premiere: Tuesday, 23 November 2021 at Joe’s Pub (Chromic Duo)
Performances: (virtual preview) Saturday, 17 April 2021 at Oh My Ears Festival (Chromic Duo), Saturday, 21 May 2022 at Night of Ideas, Brooklyn Public Library Central Branch (Chromic Duo)

Prime (2021)
ca. 6.5 minutes
Percussion and double bass
Commissioned by percussionist Lucas Conant
Premiere: Sunday, 25 April 2021 at Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
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Pieces of Place: Chesapeake (2021)
ca. 9 minutes
Flute, clarinet in A, violin, violoncello, double bass, electric guitar, percussion and synthesizer
Premiere: S.E.M. Ensemble, 3 April 2021, Brooklyn, NY
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String Quartet No. 1, “The Third Reality” (2019)
ca. 25 minutes
Premiere: Xanthoria Quartet, 2 February 2020, Brooklyn, NY
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Meditation on 92/88 (2020)
ca. 2.5 minutes
Two pianos
Not Yet Premiered

Alf’s Labyrinth (2018)
ca. 7 minutes
Viola and piano with optional preparation
Commissioned by One Quiet Plunge
Premiere: One Quiet Plunge, August 2018 at Howland Cultural Center, Beacon, NY
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Inland Ocean (2015)
ca. 7 minutes
Flute, Clarinet in Bb, Violin, Cello, Piano
Premiere: Eni Karahoda, flute; Hila Zamir, clarinet; Adam von Housen, violin; Ansel Cohen, cello; Laurence Cummings, piano; Studio 312, Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, New York, December 2015

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Solo ( +/- electronics)

Tributaries II (in progress)
Piano and electronics
Commissioned by Kathleen Supové
Premiere: TBD, fall 2024

Inverse Portraits (from Canarsie) (2022)
ca. 7.5 minutes
Bass clarinet and live electronics
Commissioned by Ford Fourqurean
Premiere: Ford Fourqurean, 15 May 2022, mise-en place, Brooklyn, NY
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Tributaries I (2021)
ca. 6.5 minutes
Solo double bass
Premiere: 7 January 2022, Robert Black’s First Fridays, hosted by Bang on a Can
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Mid-Day (2021)
ca. 7 minutes
Soprano and live electronics
Premiere: Stephanie Lamprea’s debut album Quaking Aspen, released on 7 January 2021 on New Focus Recordings
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Meditation on 2/5 (2021)
ca. 6 minutes
Violin solo (scordatura: F3-D4-E4-E5)
Commissioned by Charlene Kluegel
Merit Award, 2021 Tribeca New Music Festival
Premiere: Laura Thompson, 18 September 2021, St. John – St. Matthew – Emanuel Church, Brooklyn, NY
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the apocalypse (doesn’t have to be) now (2020)
ca. 5 minutes
Harpsichord and electronics
Virtual Premiere: Benjamin Katz, harpsichord, 13 November 2020, Philadelphia, PA
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Meditation on 82 (2020)
ca. 6 minutes
Soprano and 4-channel electronics
Premiere: Stephanie Lamprea, soprano, 10 February 2020, Philadelphia, PA
Release Date: 27 February 2021
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Hirondelle (cello version) (2020)
4 minutes
Solo cello and stereo playback; music for dance
Premiere: 24 January 2020, Frame Dance Productions ft. Patrick Moore (cello), Houston, TX
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Meditation on 100 (2019)
ca. 2 minutes
Solo Singing Violist
Not Yet Premiered
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No. 1.18 (2018)
ca. 3.5 minutes
Solo Piano
Not Yet Premiered
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Sage (2013, rev. 2019)
ca. 10 minutes
Viola and live electronics OR playback
Performances: Trevor New (viola + live electronics), Temple University, December 2020; Karen Ritscher (viola) and Hannah Selin (electronics), Tenri Cultural Institute, NYC, September 2013; Kallie Ciechomski (viola and electronics), various performances in “Feminist Counterpoint” project, 2016-present
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Aspenepsa (2016)
4.5 minutes
Alto saxophone and stereo playback
Performances: Erin Rogers, December 2016 at The Firehouse Space, Brooklyn, NY (premiere); March 2017 at Cornelia Street Cafe, New York, NY
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Choral

Suon laulu (Song of the Swamp) (2023)
SATB chorus with strummed instrument accompaniment
In collaboration with visual artist Anne Yoncha and the Tuira Chamber Choir
Premiere: Tuira Chamber Choir, conducted by Satu Korpi
7 October 2023 at 7pm Finnish Time
Tulindberg Chamber Music Hall, Oulu, Finland
Part of the Ostrobothnian Contemporary Music Festival
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And We Fly Away (2023)
SATB Chorus (with divisi)
Commissioned by Voices of Ascension / Voices of the New
Premiere: 30 January 2023, Roulette, Brooklyn NY

“Winter” from Four Mountain Songs (2020)
SATB Chorus (with divisi)
2nd Prize Winner, 2021 Balsys International Composition Competition
Premiere: 20 November 2021, Ave Sol Chamber Choir conducted by Andris Veismanis, Balsys International Composition Competition Finals, Klaipéda Concert Hall, Klaipéda, Lithuania
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Orchestra & Wind Symphony

The Body Politic (2022)
Chamber orchestra (1111, 2110, accord., 2perc, hp, synth/electr., str)
Premiere: Wednesday, 30 March 2022 at 7:30pm EST in Temple Performing Arts Center, Temple Composers’ Orchestra

Almond Groves (2020, rev. 2023)
Chamber orchestra (1111, 1110, 1perc, hp (or marimba), str)
Not Yet Premiered / Recorded by the Temple Composers’ Orchestra in May 2023
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Terrestrial Bodies (2019)
ca. 6 minutes
Wind symphony (ww sax br perc pno db)
Premiere: Wednesday, 22 April 2022 at 7:30pm EST in Temple Performing Arts Center, Temple University Wind Ensemble, conducted by Dr. Patricia Cornett

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Electroacoustic/Installations

The Body Politic (electroacoustic version) (2022)
9 minutes
Electroacoustic (stereo playback), originally for dance

Hirondelle (original version) (2015)
4 minutes
Electroacoustic (stereo playback), originally for dance
Performances: With choreographer Ellenore Scott and dancers from the Broadway Dance Center, Whitman Theatre, Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, NY, October 2015
Watch the BDC premiere

[in]Corporate (2014)
7 minutes
Multimedia installation with 8-channel playback
Performances: In collaboration with Anne Yoncha, visual artist, Founders’ Gallery, Wilmington, DE, Fall 2014; Audio only, Studio 312, Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, New York, February 2017
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Sylvania (2013)
Indeterminate
18-channel sound installation featuring interviews with neighbors in South Philadelphia
Performances: Metropolitan Gallery 250, Philadelphia, PA, Fall 2013
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Trainwaves (2012)
ca. 7 minutes
4-8 instruments, percussion, two laptop performers and video
Performances: Fairchild Chapel, Oberlin, OH, April 2012
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Film Scores

222, directed by Delfine Paolini (2016)
ca. 11 minutes
In collaboration with composers Nicki Adams and Jake Lewis
Premiere: SoundTrack Cologne Festival 2018; Finalist, Peer Raben Music Award
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Songs

Wild Echo (2020)
ca. 6 minutes
Vocals, violas, synthesizer, drum machine
In collaboration with Hannah Rose Nicholas
Produced by Pyxidata
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For GADADU (a kaleidoscopic dream-pop band)

Albums: The Weatherman Is Wrong (2022), Outer Song (2018), And I See Night (2015)

Core Instrumentation: Voice, Viola, Trumpet, Tenor Saxophone, Piano, Synthesizers, Bass (upright and electric), Drumset; Supplemental Instruments: String Quartet, Clarinet, Vocoder, Chorus, Percussion

Cicadas (2019)
ca. 5 minutes

Bear (2019)
ca. 3 minutes

Dreamhouse (2018)
ca. 6 minutes

Tides (2018)
ca. 5 minutes

Bay Songs (2016)
With animated video by Danna Grace Windsor
ca. 7 minutes
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At Play (2016)
ca. 5 minutes

Ocean’s Children (2016)
5 minutes

Green Cocoon (2014)
ca. 4 minutes
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STRANGEties (2013)
ca. 5 minutes
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Oceansmell (2013)
ca. 4 minutes
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