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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 ...
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, ...
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 ...
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 ...
And the TV Said...,
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2011-06-02)
And the TV Said..., scored for actress, digital media, and sextet, is a music theater
piece set to Jason Ludlow's script of the same name. The script is written for two
characters: a woman and her television. The role ...
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 ...
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, ...
Berri
(2014-07-17)
Berri is a dramatic musical composition for large
chamber ensemble (Piccolo, Flute, Bb Clarinet, Bass Clarinet, 2 Violins, Viola, Cello, Bass, Piano, and Percussion) and narrator. The text for the narrator is an original ...
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 ...
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 ...
Composition No. 1, quintet for two violins, viola, cello, and sampler
(2013)
Composition No. 1 is a work for string quartet and interactive electronics. The work is
around twenty minutes long and separated into five movements, all of them elided through
the use of attaccas. The work's organizational ...
Biloba for chamber ensemble
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2012-05-25)
Biloba is a chamber piece for eight instruments inspired by the Gingko biloba tree. In an
abstract way, the piece attempts to capture the movements - to me, the structural details of a tree
give the illusion of dancers ...
Nidra for chamber orchestra
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2012-06-01)
I believe in music as spiritual conveyor. My musical goal is to enhance
this function. The current thesis is an attempt, of which the principle is to reach
the spiritual through the corporeal, to resonate the mutual ...
Pathétique: a tale of two rabbys
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2012-05-29)
My thesis incorporates a variety of contrasting styles and musical material in an
attempt to unify them under the same work while maintaining a unique sound. Since I
began composing, I've heard this collaboration in my ...
John Dimond - the wizard of Marblehead a miniature opera in five vignettes
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2012-06-01)
Throughout history, one trait of the Opera genre has been to bring to life and further
illuminate fantastical subject matter. As part of this trend, composers often seek to highlight their own
national heritage through ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Sinfonietta for wind ensemble augmented with string quartet
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2011-05-09)
A small consort of strings joins a full-sized wind ensemble in Sinfonietta. Although it is
not a concerto, Sinfonietta flips the classical notion of an orchestra on its head. Whereas the
Classical orchestra represented ...