Compositions

Got My Wings

This is the result of a 2-year project reflecting on the life and writings of Jarvis Jay Masters, renowned Buddhist practitioner and author who has been incarcerated on death row for over 30 years for a crime he did not commit. Featuring Westchester Ballet Company,...

3 Moods (Film Music)

Here is some film music, which found a home in this Extinction Rebellion video on Citizens Assembly! Activism is becoming increasingly important to my creative work and I'm proud to serve this amazing organization musically. See that video here And hear the rest of...

Upasiva’s Question (2018)

Upasiva’s Question is a recent composition. This work sets one verse from the the Parayana (“Way to the Far Shore”), an ancient Buddhist text. The work will be premiered October 26 in Brooklyn, NY by  Threeds, a Brooklyn-based oboe trio. Feel free to contact me to...

Agora – For Chamber Orchestra (2017)

Agora takes its name from David Foster Wallace’s Infinite Jest, in which the author muses about a film that consists only of extras who, instead of mouthing and gesticulating silent dialogue in the background, are each fully heard as central protagonists in the story....

Without Walls – excerpt

A semi-staged work for spoken word artist (feat. Jack Daniel/Daniel Jachym) and chamber ensemble. Commissioned by red light new music. This is one I am looking to expand upon in the future!

Zoetrope (piano and percussion)

Commissioned by "Doctor Faustus", this performance features the Talea Ensemble. The work tries to capture an old form of animation where the viewer peers inside a spinning wheel to see a contained series of moving images. Much of my work deals with the idea of...

First Beginnings

Commissioned by recorder virtuoso Terri Hron, whose project "Bird On A Wire" called for solo recorder with surround sound interactive electronics. A very fun project!