Antique Suite

2014 | for flute, harp, and bassoon | 15’ Antique Suite is a set of character studies for the very unusual combination of flute, bassoon, and harp. This piece is my personal experiment in writing[…]

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Brooms of Steel

2014 | for SATB choir and Nordic fiddle | 3’ Brooms of Steel is a strophic adaptation of an Emily Dickinson poem that illustrates and celebrates the harsh stillness of winter. I’ve long admired Dickinson’s[…]

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Dreams in War Time

2014 | for tenor and piano | 15’ Amy Lowell’s “Dreams in War Time” is an evocative series of seven loosely connected images, published shortly after the end of World War I. In setting this[…]

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Portraits of Wartime

2013 | for SATB choir w/divisi, SATB incidental soloists, and violoncello | 7’ The 21st century is a fascinating and terrifying time to be a young adult. The world is more interconnected— and more fraught[…]

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Hex

2013 | for solo flute | 5’ Hex is a concert etude for unaccompanied solo flute, meant to exhibit a wide variety of extended techniques. The piece’s combination of ancient and modern sound worlds lend[…]

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Labyrinth

2013 | for solo double bass | 3’ Labyrinth is a short solo piece for double bass inspired by Portugese artist Jorge Queiroz’ 2012 painting of the same name. In classical design, a labyrinth is[…]

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