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Mantra: a chamber opera
(2013)
Mantra: A Chamber Opera is as much an exercise in group-meditation
as it is a piece of music. With a very slow, subtle unfolding of musical material and
timbral shifts, the drama is distilled down to its essence. Instead ...
Archistrategos
(2014-07-17)
A few years ago I became interested in Christian Orthodoxy, a faith tradition as
old as my own -- Roman Catholicism -- yet unfamiliar to most in the Western world. I
was seduced by the mysticism and sensuality of Orthodoxy, ...
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 ...
Shatter and spin again
(2013)
There are many reasons for accepting viewpoints that are naîve and
uncompromising. Maybe it's the only position to which we've been exposed. Maybe it's easier to accept instead of to question. But it is in the relief of ...
Pictures of strangers
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2011-10-25)
Pictures of Strangers is primarily concerned with the differences between perception and
reality. These differences are approached both conceptually and musically through a variety
of means. The movement titles are drawn ...
Queen of Heaven for piano and electronics
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2011-11-04)
Queen of Heaven is a large-scale composition for piano and electronics, cast as five
meditations on the Virgin Mary. Each of the five movements is set in musical materials that both
subjectively and symbolically express ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Things unseen
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2012-06-01)
This piece began as my reaction to a series of personal losses during my final year
of graduate school. The most intense of these losses was a rapid decline in my father's
health, which brought many changes to my family. ...
Der Struwwelpeter: a song cycle for soprano and chamber ensemble
(2013)
Der Struwwelpeter: A Song Cycle for Soprano and Chamber Ensemble, sets
seven of the stories from the iconic, mid-19th century children's story by Heinrich
Hoffmann. The text set is from a widely published, anonymous ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...