• “…reaching for something new and unknown.”

    New York Classical Review

“…reaching for something new and unknown.”

List of Works

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VOCAL

Because I Will Not Despair
for Female Vocal Ensemble and String Orchestra
16’30”
2023

Where You Love From
narrator, violin, viola, cello, percussion
commissioned by The Michael Steinberg and Jorja Fleezanis Fund
14′
2022

On fire…no, after you
mezzo-soprano, viola, & piano
commissioned by Concert Artists Guild &
the BMI Foundation

8′
2022

20 Minutes of Action
percussion quartet, soprano, and mezzo-soprano
commissioned by Sandbox Percussion
for sale Winter 2024
25′

Welcome to the Broken Hearts Club
String quartet and Soprano
commissioned by CityMusic Cleveland
10′
2022

…the beauty of their dreams
for SSAB Chorus
3’30”
2019

I long and seek after
Female Vocal Octet
(commissioned by the Lorelei Ensemble
awarded the Dale Warland Singers Commission Award from Chorus America)
17′
2019

Within Two Walls
soprano, flute, cello, harpsichord (or piano)
commissioned by Trinity Wall Street

7′
2019

Ring Out, Wild Bells
vocal octet (or chorus) and field recording
(written for Roomful of Teeth)
7′
2017

Space, in Chains
A song cycle for soprano (or mezzo) and viola
7’30”
2016

The Last Rose
soprano & cello (or viola)
5′
2016

Seasons of Basho
piano, cello (or viola), and high voice
14′
2015

ORCHESTRAL

String Orchestra versions also available for
“Get Into the NOW”, and “Slow Burn”

GAEA: Concerto for Amplified Viola and Chamber Orchestra
Commissioned by the Orchestra of the League of Composers
12′
2023

Composer exclusivity as soloist through 2024
viola/piano version available Fall 2024

1 (picc). 1. 1. bs.cl. 1.
1. 1. 1.0
2 perc (includes timp.)
strings (could be few or one on a part)

In the Waves
string orchestra
commissioned by the NEXT Festival of Emerging Artists
4’30”
2022

The Air of New Places
2020 Bangor Symphony Commissioning Prize
sponsored by the Ellis-Beauregard Foundation
16′
2022

2 (II picc.). 2. 2. 2
4. 2. 3 (III bass). 1
timp. perc (3)
strings

Hello
string orchestra & harp (optional)
commissioned by the Portland Youth Philharmonic
4’30”
2021

Go BIG or Go HOME
for Rock Sinfonietta or Full Symphony Orchestra
*Click for more details – this is a fully modular work*
3′
2019

Grasping for Light
18 solo strings
commissioned by the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum for A Far Cry

6′
2018

9 violins, 4 violas, 3 cellos, 2 basses

Through Which We Flow
string orchestra
commissioned by Trinity Wall Street

10′
2017

violin 1, 2, 3, 4
viola 1 & 2
cello 1 & 2
bass 1 & 2

WIND ENSEMBLE

Go BIG or Go HOME
consortium commission
Parts will be available Sept. 2024
3′
2023

Press On
commissioned by “The President’s Own” United States Marine Band
11′
2022

CHAMBER MUSIC

Octet

A Fire to be Kindled
for eight violas
commissioned by the Portland Youth Philharmonic

3′
2020

Sextet

The dappled light just beyond her skin…
alto flute, bass clarinet, percussion, piano, viola, cello
8′
2016

Quintets

Avenue of the Giants
for Wind Quintet
18′
2023
for sale April 2024

A Passage between Earth and Sky
2 violins, 2 violas, & cello
commissioned by Michael Hostetler and Erica Pascal
15′
2022

If Only I
wind quintet
commissioned by the Mill Ave Chamber Players

6’30’
2018

Slow Burn
string quartet and bass
commissioned by Sybarite 5

4′
2018

Sagrada Familia
clarinets (b-flat and bass), piano, violin, viola, cello
15’30”
2017

Tapped into the same vein
for string quartet & viola
6’30″​
2017

Luminosity
brass quintet
6’
2016

Getting Home (I must be…)
string quartet and bass
commissioned by Sybarite 5

3’40”
2015

Quartets

Spirits and Sinew
for flute/alto flute, clarinet/bass clarinet, violin & cello
8′
2023
for sale June 2025

She Sailed the Savage Seas
string quartet
commissioned by Spoleto USA for the St. Lawrence String Quartet
2021
9′

Of Being
string quartet
commissioned by the Argus Quartet
as a winner of Chamber Music America’s Commissioning Program
22′

Father, Forgive them
for period (or modern) string quartet
commissioned by The Juilliard School
4′
2019

In Equal Measure
violin quartet
commissioned by MoVE

10′
2018

Get into the NOW
string quartet (or string orchestra)
*improvised sections can be written out*
commissioned by the PUBLIQuartet

10′
2017

Trios

A Nation Unfinished
trumpet in B-flat, cello, and piano
6′
2021

I Only Speak of the Sun
violin, viola, and cello
11′
2018

Bridge & Tunnel
clarinet, viola, and piano
3’30″
2015

Duos

Axé
flute /alto flute and piano
commissioned by Allison Loggins-Hull for her
“Diametrically Composed” project

6′
2020

Vor Eternity
viola (or cello) and piano (or harpsichord)
3′
2016

Only a Beginning 
violin and viola
5’
2015

But Not Until
viola duo or viola & cello
6’30”
2014

SOLOS

(with and without electronics)

8 Etudes for Solo Viola

Commissioned by The Juilliard School for
Juilliard’s Music Advancement Program

2021

From our Ashes
solo violin
commissioned by Livia Sohn and Spoleto USA
5′
2021

Halcyon Skies
solo piano
commissioned by Min Kwon and her America/Beautiful project
3’30”
2020

Snapshots
for solo viola
3′
2021

Excessive Use of Force
solo cello, or viola
5′
2020

Delta Sunrise
solo viola, cello, or violin
3′
2017

Swerve
cello, or viola, and loop pedal
6’
2016

Forgiveness
bass clarinet and loop pedal
7’
2015

Confronting the Sky
solo violin
6’
2015

Released
amplified solo viola, or acoustic solo cello
7’
2014

Source of Joy
viola and loop pedal
3’30”
2014

Into the Vortex
viola and loop pedal 
4’
2014

Hello
viola and loop pedal
5’
2014

Touch
viola and loop pedal 
7’
2014

Afflicted Mantra
viola and loop pedal
7’
2013

Getting Home (I must be…)
viola and loop pedal
4’
2013
(also available for violin)

Duende
viola and loop pedal
8’
2011

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