Compositions
Choral
Choral
Music Like Water
SATB Double Chorus
5 minutes
A challenging work for double chorus inspired by water’s persistence and strength. A tiny stream of water finds a way through stone and tiny streams. Frozen, it can shatter solid rock; flowing, it can combine into powerful torrents, almost without warning.
Solo Voice with Accompaniment
Instrumental
Instrumental
0r161n
solo flute with optional tape track
2 minutes 45 seconds
0r161N was inspired by the imaginative intersection of biology and technology. I translated the beginning of Darwin’s “Origin of Species” into binary code, and then spliced it into patterns which were translated into musical material.
Instrumental
A Dream of Spring
treble duet and piano
5 minutes
Written in memory of six students at the University of California, Santa Barbara who were killed by gun violence on May 23rd, 2014. Originally for two violins and piano, A Dream of Spring works equally well as a duet for any two treble instruments.
Chamber
Chamber
Quilt II
flute, clarinet, violin, viola, cello, piano and percussion
5 minutes 30 seconds
This piece is a quilt made of varied ideas, musics, and influences, and, like a quilt, it has a top, full of action, color and pattern, and a back where the pattern of the threads hold it together is visible.
Orchestral
Orchestra
A Game
Full Orchestra: 2(pic)222/4331/perc(1)/str.
Small Orchestra: 2(pic)222/2200/perc(1)/str.3 – 5 minutes
A short, playful aleatoric piece for orchestra on the theme of tuning. One member or section of the ensemble is instructed to hold a pitch while the others move from disparate pitches towards the unison.
Orchestra
Nunatak
Full Orchestra: 3(afl)3(eh)3(bcl)3(cbn)/4331/timp.2perc/ harp.cel/ str
Small Orchestra: 2/2(eh)22/4331/timp.2perc/ harp or pno.cel/str6 minutes
Nunatak was written during a road trip to Colorado with my mother and one year old daughter. I was struck by the enormity of landscapes and landforms: the Mohave, the Colorado River, the Rockies, and my mind wandered north, to the glaciers of Alaska and Canada.