Compositions

Saturn

2008
4 minutes
for percussion quartet and audience

Commissioned by Carnegie Hall for the Musical Explorers education program.

Orb

2008
6 minutes 20 seconds
live and pre-recorded Thai Gong

Performances:

March 19, 2008 - Sean Connors
Music Institute of Chicago, Evanston, IL

Inter

2007
9 minutes 30 seconds
flute, bass clarinet, violin, cello

Performances:

October 17, 2007 - Ensemble Dal Niente
Zhou B Art Center, Chicago, IL

October 19, 2007 - Ensemble Dal Niente
Ossia Space, Chicago, IL

April 21, 2007 - Ensemble Dal Niente
Rosenthal Fine Art Space, Chicago, IL

Ellipsis

2006
10 minutes 30 seconds
flute/alto flute, oboe, b-flat bass clarinet, bassoon, french horn, violin, viola, cello, double bass

Commissioned by the Festival d'Automne a Paris and Montclair State University

Performances:

October 14, 2006 - Ensemble21
Montclair State University, Montclair, NJ

December 9, 2006 - Ensemble21
IRCAM - Paris, France (Festival d'Automne a Paris)

October 19, 2007 - Ensemble Dal Niente
Zhou B Art Center, Chicago, IL

National Anthem

2006
4 minutes 30 seconds
solo piano

Performances:

February 9, 2007 - Marilyn Nonken
Settlement Music School, Chamber Music Now! Concert Series, Philadelphia, PA

October 5, 2007 - Marilyn Nonken
Bellefield Hall Auditorium, Music on the Edge Concert Series, Pittsburgh, PA

April 22, 2008 - UH Contemporary Music Ensemble
University of Hawaii at Manoa

Kiln

2006
7 minutes
2 trumpets, horn, trombone, tuba, piano

Performances:

August 22, 2006 - Cinco Brass Quintet
St. James Cathedral, Rush Hour Concert Series, Chicago, IL

November 15, 2006
Northwestern University, Evanston, IL

Procession

2006
11 minutes
trumpet, electric guitar, acoustic guitar, 2 percussionists, horn, cello, double bass, violin, oboe, piano

Performances:

February 26, 2006 - Improvisation Group at Lawrence University
Lawrence University, Appleton, WI

November 15, 2006
Northwestern University, Evanston, IL

Gaeta

2005
16 minutes
2 pianos and water percussion (4 performers total)

Performances:

March 19, 2006 - The Group for Contemporary Music
Guggenheim Museum, Works in Process Series, New York, NY

November 15, 2006
Northwestern University, Evanston, IL

Whisper Wall

2005
20 minutes
3 voices, violin, viola, cello, flute, clarinet, bassoon, 2 percussionists, piano

Performances:

May 23, 2005 - International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE)
Northwestern University, Evanston, IL

December 2, 2005 - Exposure Ensemble
Northwestern University, Evanston, IL

February 11, 2006
SCI Regional Conference, Rice University, Houston, TX

Asa Nisi Masa

2005
15 minutes
solo amplified piano

Performances:

October 27, 2005 - Marilyn Nonken
Music Harvest Festival, Odense, Denmark

April 13, 2006 - Marilyn Nonken
University of Maryland - Baltimore County

May 21, 2006 - Amy Briggs
Northwestern University, New Music Marathon, Evanston, IL

Gray

2005
4 minutes
solo piano

Performances:

March 19, 2006 - Molly Morkowski
Guggenheim Museum, Works in Process Series, New York, NY

May 9, 2006 - Drew Baker
Chicago Chamber Musicians, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL