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A Remedy for Death For Mixed Ensemble
(University of Missouri -- Kansas City, 2018)
A Remedy for Death is a three-movement composition for mixed ensemble,
which is inspired by the love of God in the bible.
The first movement, “The Fall of Man”, is based on the book of Genesis
chapter ...
forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2018)
This quartet features a transparent structure in which a dense, static ensemble motif
gradually and smoothly transforms into a highly active and agitated counter-motif. This process
repeats twice: with each iteration, ...
For whom the bell tolls for flute (piccolo), soprano saxophone (alto saxophone), percussion, and piano
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2018)
This piece is inspired by "Meditation XVII”, a poem written by John Donne in 1624.
It appears in Devotions Upon Emergent Occasions and Seuerall Steps in my Sicknes. The
opening line is:
"PERCHANCE he for whom this ...
Three Portraits of Pipa – for pipa and orchestra
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2018)
Three Portraits of Pipa is a three movement concerto for pipa, a traditional
Chinese plucked-string instrument that has a history of more than 2000 years in China.
The large variety of timbres of the pipa gives the ...
Piper in the Woods: An opera in one act
(University of Missouri -- Kansas City, 2018)
“Piper in the Woods” is a one act opera for six principal singers plus SATB chorus,
along with an ensemble of nine instrumentalists. The piece is based on a short story of the
same name by Philip K. Dick. First published ...
The Seventh Sun For Orchestra
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2018)
In this work I have created sounds to represent a series of events that signify the
apocalypse in Buddhism, the day that seven suns appear in the sky. It is said to bring about
the end of this old, present world. No ...
The Nightingale and the Rose: Chamber Opera in Two Acts
(University of Missouri -- Kansas City, 2018)
I chose Oscar Wilde’s short story, The Nightingale and the Rose (about a nightingale
who sacrifices her life to create a red rose for love), for my opera for its fantasy, wit, and
expectation-defying tropes. This ...