String Quartet 2: Memoriam (2023)

for two violins, viola, and cello
10 minutes
Commissioned by Chamber Music Conference of the East.

Recording and video coming in Fall 2024.

Dynamics (2017/2019)

for solo cello and chamber wind ensemble
20 minutes

1. Swipe

2. Nimbus

3. Red Flags

Commissioned by the Eastman School of Music Wind Ensemble (Mark Scatterday, director) and University of Georgia Wind Ensemble (Cynthia Turner, director). Premiered by Eastman Harmonie and Mike Kaufman in 2017. Subsequent performance by the USC Thornton Edge Ensemble (Don Crockett, director).

Runner-up for the 2022 US Army Band “Pershing’s Own” Chamber Music Competition.

In the Blue (2013/2015)

for sinfonietta
15 minutes

Commissioned by Alarm Will Sound and Ensemble Modern for the Cresc. Biennale (Frankfurt, Germany).

Premiered by Alarm Will Sound at Cresc. Biennale (Frankfurt, Germany) in 2013. Subsequent performances by Alarm Will Sound and USC Thornton Edge Ensemble.

Short Winds (2010/2016)

for woodwind quintet
9 minutes

Commissioned by the Aspen Music Festival. Additional movement commissioned by the Chamber Music Conference of the East. Recorded by the Darmstadt Staatsorchester and Madera Wind Quintet. Additional performances by Quintet of the Americas, CLAW Quintet, and student quintets at the Yale School of Music and USC Thornton.

Two Solitudes (2013)

for flute, viola, and harp
10 minutes
Commissioned by the New World Symphony (2013). Performed by Henrik Heide, Tony Parce, and Grace Browning.

Premiered by members of the New World Symphony (Miami, FL) in 2013.

Velvet Hammer (2009)

for flute, clarinet, electric guitar, piano, and bass.
6 minutes
Composed for NOW Ensemble.

Album release April 26, 2011 on New Amsterdam Records.

Performances by NOW Ensemble, Crash Ensemble, Ensemble Klang, and Camerata Pacifica.

FINALIST for the 2011 GAUDEAMUS Prize

Scale 9 (2009)

versions for quintet (clarinet, violin, cello, piano, percussion), sextet (flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano, percussion), and septet (flute, clarinet, violin, viola, cello, piano, percussion)

Commissioned by the Aspen Music Festival and School. Recorded by TRANSIT New Music.

Performances by Psappha Ensemble, TRANSIT New Music, Argento Ensemble, Bang on a Can Summer Music Festival, Music Academy of the West, Aspen Music Festival, Brightwork Ensemble, Alter Ego, Music, Pickford Ensemble, What’s Next Ensemble.

Little Green Pop (2008/2013)

for soprano sax, tenor sax, trombone, electric guitar, piano, percussion, and sound engineer.

10 minutes.

Composed for Ensemble Klang (Netherlands) in 2008. Revised in 2013 for the Los Angeles Philharmonic.

Performances by Ensemble Klang, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Present Music, Le Train Bleu, and Greensboro New Music.