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Quaerere Sententias I
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2015-03-09)
Quaerere Sententias (“search for meaning”) is a collection of pieces composed
for soloists, digital audio, and video. The first set, Quaerere Sententias I, is comprised of
three pieces: Introit, for trumpet; Hiram, for ...
Fit to Live, a flexible form concerto for wind ensemble
(2014-08-28)
This work is a flexible form concerto for trumpet and wind ensemble. It
consists of several fixed sections, or modules, that can be put together in several
specific pre-determined ways to create various versions of the ...
Till Coffee Do Us Part
(2016)
Till Coffee Do Us Part is a chamber opera scored for two violins, cello, electronics,
soprano, and tenor. The opera was written as a part of Black House Collective’s and the
Kansas City Electronic Music and Arts Alli ...
Concerto for Two Horns and Orchestra
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2018)
This concerto for two horns and orchestra is a 25-minute work for two virtuoso horn
players and full-size orchestra. The work draws on images of the Rocky Mountains and
Western United States. Three movements depict a ...
Tsuki no Shirabe for flute and koto
(2015)
Tsuki no Shirabe was composed at the request of Jun Aita-san to
commemorate her 60th birthday of her mother, Michiko Saito-san. I
asked to compose music that is both reminiscent of Japanese music and
aesthetics, and also ...
The Battle of Westport: Along Union Lines A Chamber Work With Electronics and Narration in Eight Movements
(2016)
The Battle of Westport: Along Union Lines is an eight-movement chamber piece for 12 instruments (3 woodwinds, 3 brass, 1 percussion, string quintet), electronics and narration. Live audio has been captured at eight of the ...
Chamber Symphony
(2015-08-04)
“Chamber Symphony” is a symphony for chamber orchestra (flute/piccolo, oboe/english
horn, clarinet, bassoon, two horns in F, piano, and strings) and soprano. It is in a nesting doll
structure. That is, there are increasingly ...
Child's Play:a Collection of Three Pieces for Instruments and Fixed Electronic Media
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2015-03-09)
"Child's Play" is a collection of three pieces for instruments and fixed electronic media inspired by the sounds of my daughter's toys. The first piece, "With My Eyes Shut" is for clarinet and fixed electronic media, the ...
Cryptogram (2011) for wind ensemble
(2015)
Cryptogram is a nine-minute, one-movement composition for wind ensemble
that explores the use of embedded musical quotations to generate basic melodic,
harmonic, and formal structures. In contrast to traditional quotation, ...
The Footsteps Die Out For Ever (2016) for narrator, drum set, and orchestra
(2016)
A Tale of Two Cities, serialized in weekly and monthly installments and
finally published as a single volume in November 1859, is one of Charles
Dickens’s best-loved and most-analyzed novels. In The Footsteps Die Out ...
Flourishes (2012.13) for chamber orchestra
(2014)
flourishes (2012.13) for chamber orchestra was composed for the Summer
Music Institute at the National Arts Centre in Ottawa, Ontario. The title serves as
a description for the active woodwind parts and large scale ...
Mathias and the Storm for Orchestra
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2017)
There is a piece of folklore that is pervasive in my hometown of Dubuque, Iowa. It is
an anecdote that many Dubuquers learn in grade school as it has passed from generation to
generation. The story, which weaves ...
BITE: New Music Concert and Multimedia Installation Featuring Vocal Soloists from the KC VITAs Chamber Choir and Dancers from the UMKC Conservatory of Music and Dance
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2016)
BITE is a multi-media installation that features all new music in an entirely immersive space. There is no complete, written score for the full performance. Instead, there is fixed media with semi-improvised, cellular vocal ...
Between Glimpses of Blue for Wind Ensemble and Fixed Media
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2017)
Between Glimpses of Blue is a work for wind ensemble and fixed media that uses
the visual imagery of clouds as the inspiration for the piece, and as a direct influence for
the form and orchestration. Cirrus, Stratus, ...
Darwin's Thought
(2015-07-28)
It is difficult to describe accurately the bond between humans and society.
Our current society is morphing at such a gradual pace that no one seems to notice
many changes. Those changes, however, accumulate and in fact ...