large ensemble works
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I Hope You Slept Soundly
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Written for orchestra
During the double-brood cicada emergence in the summer of 2024, many found that a sustained chorus of both broods could be up to 89dBa (for reference, the federal traffic noise threshold is 67dBa, and OSHA's permissible exposure limit to sound is 90dBa for an 8-hour work day). It made me think of something Joseph Saunders said in his interview on Alie Ward's Ologies podcast, where he talked about his career in macro-photography. He mentioned that it started from a personal connection to reptiles, saying that he "looked upon them as an example of resiliency; an example of how to be tough, how to survive, how to not just survive based off what other people perceive as your limitations, but also how to survive when everybody else is against you". |
Year Composed
2025 Length approx. 8min |
How to Float
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Written for SATB youth choir, flute, alto flute, clarinet (Bb), and piano
Set to text by Pamela Gast, a teaching artist for Voices of Indiana |
Year Composed
2023 Length approx. 5min |
Late Morning in January
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Written for wind ensemble
Inspired by a plastic rose that sat in the same place on the road, for three days, a block away from one of my childhood homes. |
Year Composed
2022 Length approx. 5min |
Prunus ‘Kanzan’
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Written for chamber orchestra
Inspired by Prunus 'Kanzan', a hybrid tree based on the Oshima cherry, developed in Edo Period Japan. It's a deciduous tree, producing pink double flowers in the spring, and is a popular cultivar for cherry blossom viewing in Europe and North America. |
Year Composed
2022 Length approx. 4min |