Selective List of Compositions

Opera| Voice | Chorus | Orchestra

Chamber | Solo | Multimedia

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Opera

Cold Hands

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2014-2015. 19 minutes. Chamber Opera featuring Soprano & Baritone with Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon, French Horn, Trumpet, Trombone, Tuba, Percussion, Harp, and String Quartet)

  • April 10, 2015. Pittsburgh Opera Headquarters, Pittsburgh, PA.

  • Awarded 2nd Place for the 2016 American Prize in Composition—Opera, Theater, Film—Student Division


Voice

Confinement (from the Falling Between the Worlds Song Cycle)

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2021. 2 minutes. Mezzo-Soprano and Piano. Based on Ann Witherspoon’s poems from Falling Between the Worlds: Poems For Our Time.

  • May 7, 2021. Baldwin Hall, Durham, NC

Alone (from the Falling Between the Worlds Song Cycle)

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2021. 3 minutes and 15 seconds. Mezzo-Soprano and Piano. Based on Ann Witherspoon’s poems from Falling Between the Worlds: Poems For Our Time.

  • May 7, 2021. Baldwin Hall, Durham, NC


Chorus

Mariposa

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2017. 4 minutes 15 seconds. Four-part Male Choir (Counter Tenor, Tenor, Baritone, & Bass). Based on Edna St. Vincent Millay’s poem, Mariposa.

 Life

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2013-2014. Three-part Female Choir (Soprano, Mezzo, and Alto). Based on Charlotte Brontë’s poem, Life.

  • April 26, 2013. Honors/Senior Recital at Smith College, Northampton, MA.


Orchestra

The Orchestra Pit

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2017. ~10 minutes. Full Orchestra (Winds 3-2-2-2, Brass 4-3-3-1, Timpani, 3 Percussion, and Strings). Commissioned by the Durham Medical Orchestra.

  • December 10, 2017. Baldwin Hall, Durham, NC.

Dreaming Sequence

2015. 11 minutes. Full Orchestra (Winds 2-2-2-2, Brass 4-3-2-1, Timpani, 2 Percussion, and Strings)

  • March 11, 2015. Carnegie Music Hall, Pittsburgh, PA.


Chamber

Of My Own

2020-2021. 20 minutes. Flute, Oboe, Bb Clarinet, Bassoon, French Horn, Violin I, Violin II, Viola, and Violoncello.

  • For partial fulfillment of the dissertation for the Ph.D. in Music Composition

Coded Bars

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2020.~6 minutes. Alto Saxophone, Electric Guitar, Percussion, and Piano. Commissioned by Hypercube.

  • November 20, 2020. Digital Concert hosted on Hypercube’s Facebook page and Charlotte New Music’s YouTube channel. Live performance in New York, NY.

Long Distance (Arranged for Pipa, Erhu, Tam-tam, Guzheng, and Piano)

2016, 2020. 8 minutes. Pipa, Erhu, Tam-tam, Guzheng, and Piano. Rearrangement Commissioned by MISS (Zhihua) (Original Commission by the Zodiac Trio in 2016).

  • May 16, 2020. 2020 RAM Queens New Music Festival - Canceled due to Coronavirus

Hand Carved Names and Railroad Tracks

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2019. ~8 minutes. String Quartet.

  • February 25, 2021. Performed at the 2021 College Music Society Southern Regional Conference.

  • August 9, 2019. MACM Hall, Mahidol University College of Music, Bangkok, Thailand.

  • Finalist for the 15th Thailand International Composers Competition “Rapee Sagarik Composition Prize”

Discernible Angles

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2019. 5 minutes. Alto Saxophone and Violin Duo. Commissioned by Serena Scibelli through SOSDuo.

  • April 13, 2020. University of North Georgia.

Obsessive Snapshots

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2019. 6 minutes. Flute, Trumpet, Violin, Marimba, and Piano. Commissioned by the Space City Performing Arts Ensemble.

  • July, 12, 2019. Midtown Arts & Theater Center Houston: MATCH, Houston, TX.

 

Still Whispers and Tangents

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2018. ~6 minutes. Alto Saxophone, Electric Guitar, Vibraphone, and Piano. Written for Hypercube.

  • September 20, 2018. Nelson Music Room, Duke University, Durham, NC.

 

Of Some Consequence

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2017. ~4 minutes. Violin Duo. Commissioned by the Five College New Music Festival.

  • September 9, 2017. Bowker Auditorium, UMASS-Amherst, Amherst, MA.

 

Returning Pieces

2016. 6 minutes. Percussion Quartet. Commissioned by Rela Percussion.

  • December 4, 2016. Baldwin Hall, Durham, NC.

 

The Canary Who Sang

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2016. 7 minutes & 20 seconds. String Quartet

  • January 12, 2022. Carnegie Hall - Weill Recital Hall.

  • October 23, 2020. Commercial Release by PARMA Recordings and Navona Records.

  • Won and Selected for Juventas New Music Ensemble’s Freedom of Speech Concert

  • April 4, 2020. First Church, Boston, Massachusetts. - Canceled due to Coronavirus

  • February 9, 2019. First Church, Boston, Massachusetts

 

Long Distance

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2016. 8 minutes. Bb Clarinet, Violin, and Piano. Commissioned by Zodiac Trio.

  • June 8th, 2019. Berklee College of Music for the IAWM and FT&M15 joint conference Women, Feminists, and Music: Transforming Tomorrow Today, Boston, Massachusetts

  • March 7, 2019. Poindexter Hall at the Mississippi University for Women’s Music by Women Festival, Columbus, Mississippi

  • July 13, 2017. Église Saint-Jacques-le-Majeur, La Bolline, Valdeblore, France.

 

Lost Thoughts

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2015. 6 minutes. Bb Clarinet, Bassoon, Trumpet, Trombone, Vibraphone, Violin, & Double Bass.

  • March 11, 2017. Baldwin Hall, Durham, NC.

 

Fire and Ice

2014. ~6 minutes. Soprano Solo, Baritone Solo, Flute, Viola, & Piano.

  • June 14, 2014. Middlebury Performing Arts Center, Middlebury, Vermont.

  • Vermont Classical Radio Broadcast of Fire and Ice Song Cycle

  

New Beginnings

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2013. Violin and Piano.

  • March 9, 2014. Women Composers Festival of Hartford, Oak Cultural Center Hartford, CT.

  • May 2013. Honors/Senior Recital at Smith College, Northampton, MA.

 

Vexations

2012. 2 minutes. Flute, Oboe, Alto Saxophone, Baritone Saxophone, Guitar, & Double Bass. Contribution to 2012 Vexations Project.

  • September 5, 2012. John Cage Centennial Celebration, Torp Theatre, Central Connecticut State University, Hartford, Connecticut.

 

Partita on a Theme of Persichetti Duo (chitarra e pianoforte)*

2012. Guitar & Piano.

  • 2nd Annual Persichetti Festival in Falconara (The Marche), Italy - Partita on a Theme of Persichetti Duo (chitarra e pianoforte)

  • 2nd Annual Persichetti Festival in Falconara in Torricella Peligna (Abruzzo), Italy - Partita on a Theme of Persichetti Duo (chitarra e pianoforte)

  • Sulmona (Abruzzo), Italy for Partita on a Theme of Persichetti Duo (chitarra e pianoforte)


Solo

September Red

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2021. ~5 minutes. Cello. Commissioned by Nick Photinos as part of the Georgia Runoff Commissioning Project and Photinos’ Raise Project.

  • July 19, 2021. MASS MoCA.

A Lyrical Stutter

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2021. 2 minutes and 30 seconds. French Horn. Commissioned by Cathryn Cummings as part of the Georgia Runoff Commissioning Project and as part of {HICO} Hartford Independent Chamber Orchestra’s Virtual Concert Series.

  • March 27, 2021. {HICO} Hartford Independent Chamber Orchestra’s Virtual Concert Series.

Hopeful Murmurs

2020. ~2 minutes. Alto Saxophone. Commissioned by Betsy Hanlon as part of the Georgia Runoff Commissioning Project.

Watching the World Pass Through Glass

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2020. Cello. Commissioned by New Music On the Point with support from the Robert Black Foundation.

  • September 25, 2020. SCGMC Digital Concert, hosted on Zoom by the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill.

  • July 11, 2020. NMOP 10th Anniversary Digital Concert, hosted on Facebook & YouTube.

Waiting for a Lullaby

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2019. 6 minutes. Violin. Commissioned by Kate Dreyfuss.

  • November 5, 2019. Nelson New Music Room, Durham, NC.

Rhythmic Thoughts

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2013-2014. Double Bass.

  • December 4, 2016. Nelson Music Room, Duke University, Durham, NC.

  • December 8, 2014. Slippery Rock University, PA.

 

Street Music

2014. Piano. Commissioned by Pablo Amorós.

  • October 30th, 2014. Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA.

 

In the Dark

2012. Solo Bass paired with choreography by the Mere Cunningham Dance Company.

  • Fall 2012. Bowker Auditorium at UMASS-Amherst.


Multimedia

Perspectives on An Optical Poem

2015. Solo Violin and Film. Commissioned by Christin Danchi for the Time and Space project.

  • April 29, 2015. Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA.

  • Won 2015 Rembacher Outreach Competition for Time and Space featuring Perspectives on An Optical Poem