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Bird-like: five scenes for sinfonietta (or chamber orchestra)
(2015-07-28)
Bird-like is a continuous series of five musical scenes for sinfonietta, or, optionally,
chamber orchestra (single winds, with a small string section). Each scene is inspired by the
motions, behaviors, and physical ...
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 ...
Excursus: Three Art Songs for Soprano and Flexible Media
(2015-07-28)
Commissioned by coloratura soprano Mikaela Sullivan for performance in April
2014, Excursus explores the methods in which modern television broadcasting attempts to
provide different facets of human desire, thus propagating ...
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 ...
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 ...
MIGUEL MATEO DALLO Y LANA, MEXICAN BAROQUE COMPOSER: A FORGOTTEN TREASURE OF PUEBLA
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2015-03-09)
As research into the Mexican Baroque continues to expand, forgotten composers and their works are garnering deserved attention. Miguel Mateo Dallo y Lana (c. 1650-1705), who served as maestro de capilla [chapel master] at ...
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 ...
Redwall Symphonic Poem for Orchestra
(2015-08-04)
Redwall is programmatically based off of the Redwall book series by Brian Jacques. The story takes place in a
medieval world where animals are given human characteristics. The protagonist, Martin, is a slave mouse who ...
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 ...
Press Start: Narrative Integration in 16-bit Video Game Music
(2015)
Ever since Pong graced the screens of video arcades, one of the most influential interactions between technology and sound has been the video game console. Over the past decade, scholars have begun to recognize this ...
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, ...