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2023

Every Night a Dream Visits Us

chamber orchestra (9 min.)
commissioned by the Durham Symphony Orchestra; William Henry Curry, conductor

Evacuate the bones, let the skin hang dry. (2023)

soprano, violin, and violoncello (6 min.)
for Ah Young Hong, Conrad Harris, and Coleman Itzkoff

2022

It so happens that ears have no eyelids

clarinet, bassoon, horn, and electric guitar (4 min.)
written for the Ensemble Dal Niente and DePaul Summer Residency for New Music 2022

The eye-trunks, grasping each other tightly, and the visible wet air exhale.

solo viola (8 min.)
for Nadia Sirota

2021

If there is a dead thing still rotting

flute and recited text alone (10 min.)
for Denis Savelyev

Agnus Dei

divisi unaccompanied choir (4.5 min)

2020

sullen in this sable mire, For with unbroken words they cannot say

bass clarinet, double bass, piano, and percussion (5 min.)
for Steven Beck, Greg Chudzik, Matthew Gold, and Rane Moore
written for Talea Ensemble as part of their virtual residency at the Peabody Institute

shadow of a difference / falling

oboe alone (3 min.)
for Andrew Nogal
commissioned by the Dina Koston and Roger Shapiro Fund for New Music in the Library of Congress

2019

That has such people in it.

string quartet (18 min.)
for earspace and for the Mivos Quartet

Light, upon glass strongholds, bounces

bass flute and percussion (4 min.)
(also available for bass clarinet and percussion)
for Vanessa Ascher and David Therrien-Brongo and the 2019 Domaine Forget Festival

squalid with the over-compensations for misery, from That has such people in it. (2019, rev. 2022)

string quartet (10 min.)
commissioned by earspace for its 2019 program “What if the truth is not enough?”

2018

...this mortal coil, Must give us pause...

large orchestra (6 min.)

Paraphs

solo piano (5 min.)
for Jacob Rhodebeck

utopia, from That has such people in it. (June 2018, rev. Oct. 2018)

string quartet (8 min.)
for the Mivos Quartet and the 2018 VIPA Festival

Opacities

unspecified solo woodwind, live electronics, lighting, and structure (12 min.)

2017

Refractions: On Escher

solo flute (6 min.)

(de)gradations

mixed quartet: bcl, tbn, pno, vc (6 min.)
commissioned by the New Mexico Contemporary Ensemble

that which lies within

mixed octet: 2fl, ob, cl, pno, perc, vln, vc (4 min.)
for the Ecce Ensemble and the 2017 Etchings Festival

Fermi's Paradox

unspecified ensemble

Eleven lines of a riddle

baritone and toy piano (3 min.)

2016

Here

unspecified solo instrument and live electronics

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

solo piano and fixed electronics (5 min.)
for Kylo Balan

2015 & Prior

Constantly risking absurdity (2015)

voice and live electronics (5 min.)

effervescent widgets (2013)

wind ensemble (6 min.)