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Compositions

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program notes and audio samples.

Orchestra and  Wind Ensemble
Meditation and Awakening, 2010  (8:00)
     for Percussion Solo with Orchestra (3.3.3.3  4.3.3.1  T+2  Harp  Strings)
     Commissioned by New York Youth Symphony
     See Events for upcoming performance schedule

Concerto for Percussion and Orchestra, 2007  (13:00)
     For Percussion Solo with Large Orchestra (3.3.3.3  4.3.3.1  T+3  Harp  Pno/Cel  Strings)
     Premiered by USC Thornton Symphony with the composer as soloist
     Winner of the 2008 ASCAP Morton Gould Student Composer Award
     See Events for upcoming performance schedule

Elegy, 2007  (8:00)
     for String Orchestra

A Shade of Gray, 2006  (9:00)
     for Solo Flute and Chamber Orchestra (0.0.0.0   4.0.0.0   2 Perc  Pno  Cel  Strings)
     Winner of the 2007 BMI Student Composer Awards

Dream of a Distant Horizon, 2005  (6:00)
     for Large Orchestra (3.2.2.2  4.3.3.1  T+2  Harp  Strings)
     Premiered by the Young People’s Symphonic Orchestra, St. Louis, MO, 2006

Horizon Overture, 2004  (6:00)
     for Small Orchestra (3.2.2.1  2.2.2  T  Strings)
     Premiered by the Delaware Youth Symphony Orchestra, Wilmington, DE, 2004

Tango Capriccio, 2003  (6:00)
     for Two Solo Flutes and Wind Ensemble

Tribute and Celebration, 2002  (7:00)  
     for Wind Ensemble

Abram’s Celebration, 2001  (6:00)
     for Wind Ensemble

 

Mixed Ensemble
Mie, 2008  (10:00)
     for 2 Eb Clarinets, 2 Trombones, 2 Percussion,Viola, and Cello
     Premiered March 8, 2009 at University of Southern California

Continuum, 2007  (13:00)
     for Large Ensemble (13 players)
     Premiered by USC Contemporary Music Ensemble, November 20, 2007

 

Chamber Music
Autumn Dances, 2010  (8:00)
     for Flute and Percussion
     Commissioned by Michigan Music Teachers Association


Ritual Dances, 2009  (20:00)
     for Percussion Quartet
     Commissioned by Los Angeles Percussion Quartet
     Winner of the 2010 BMI Student Composer Awards

Aspen Winds, 2009  (6:00)
     for Clarinet, Violin, and Piano
     Written for the Aspen Music Festival

Twelve, 2006  (12:00)
     for Multi-Percussion Duet
     Second Place Winner of 2007 Quey Percussion Duo Composition Contest
     Published by HoneyRock Percussion Publishers, Everett, PA

Dream Suspended, 2005  (10:00)
     for Bowed Vibraphone Quintet and Wine Glasses

Rhapsody No. 1, 2004  (5:00)
     for Percussion Ensemble (5 or 15 players)

Three Short Sketches, 2004  (5:00)
     for Violin, Cello, and Marimba

Trio, 2004  (6:30)
     for Flute, Harp, and Viola

Waltz of the Winds, 2003  (5:00)
     for Flute Solo, Piano, and String Quintet

Scherzo, 2003  (4:00)
     for Cello Duet

 

Solos
Episodes, 2007  (6:00)
     for Solo Timpani

Ambiences, 2006  (20:00)
     Suite for Solo Cello in Six Movements

Distance, 2006  (19:00)
     for Timpani and Electronic Music
     Published by HoneyRock Percussion Publishers, Everett, PA

Silver Horizon, 2004  (6:00)
     for Piano Solo

Calm, 2003  (4:00)     
     for Piano Solo

Rhapsody No. 1, 2002  (5:00)
     for Piano Solo

Esplorazione Tropicale, 2002  (3:00)
     for Flute Solo

 

Choral
Two Love Songs on Poems of Sara Teasdale, 2007  (7:00)
     Night Song and A Winter Night
    
for SATB Chorus
     Commissioned by the New York Symphony Singers, New York, NY

Like a Diamond, 2004  (7:00)
     For SSAATTBB Chorus, Harp, Piano, and 3 Percussion

 

Songs
Explaining the Sea to My Daughter, 2010  (4:00)
     for Soprano and Piano

Freyja’s Lament, 2010  (4:00)
     for Soprano and Piano

Ena, 2010  (1:30)
     for Tenor and Piano

Cradle Song, 2005  (6:00)
     for Soprano, Piano, and Vibraphone
     Winner of the 2006 Indiana University Dean’s Prize in Composition

Dora, 2006  (4:00)
     for Soprano and Piano

 

Electronic Music
Distance, 2006
     for Timpani and Electronic Music

Pebbles, 2006     
     5.1 Surround Sound

Of Trance and Dance, 2005   
     Electronic Music with Dance

And Then I Dreamed, 2005  
     2.1 Sound Diffusion

The Seventh Wind, 2002
     2.1 Sound Diffusion

 

Film Scores
The Stranger, 2006

The Audition, 2005

Avery’s Doll, 2005
     Nominated for Best Original Score at the 2005 New England College Film Festival

 

Marching Wind Ensemble
Patchwork,2007
     Written for Columbus East High School, Columbus, Indiana

Impressions, 2006
     Written for Brandywine High School, Wilmington, Delaware

On The Persistence of Memory, 2006
     Written for Columbus East High School, Columbus, Indiana