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Commissioned by Dr. Susan Fisher at OSU for her biology course, this piece used Max/MSP to generate music based on DNA segments. The music does not have a one-to-one correspondence with segments of the DNA code, instead it will use the process of DNA translation as a metaphor for the compositional process.
Stanzas is third set of songs I composed for voice while studying music. These use texts from Gertrude Stein's Stanzas in Meditation.
Three Questions is a graphic score that I created as part of a series of exercises with Seen Performance. The project that we were planning never materialized, but this piece has seen several performances from new music ensembles.
This is the piano/vocal arrangement of my song "Behind Corneal Gates".
Sophie was a cat. She belonged to my aunt and uncle—as much as any cat belongs to someone. Being allergic, I am not a cat guy so one may wonder why I've written a song in memory of a feline. When Sophie passed after away after multiple surgeries there was a lot of heart ache and sadness. For me it is easier to craft a song than a heartfelt note of sympathy, this is the main reason that I composed this song.
A virtuosic little piano piece composed for my sister Anna's birthday. It uses a 9-note ostinato pattern to drive the music along. There are a lot of ideas in this piece that continue to manifest themselves in my music.
In Spring is a song cycle composed on texts by Emily Dickinson. These are the original notes:
These are two short pieces for solo double-bass inspired by Snoopy, a childhood hero of mine.
original program notes:
Based on poetry of Ogden Nash, this is my first effort at composing for voice. I was proud of how these songs turned out. I did a fair bit of research about writing for voice and setting text while composing these. I still remember many of the things I learned writing these and use it when composing music for voice today.
This was composed as a birthday gift for my sister-in-law Jainie. The concept is lighthearted and pokes fun at some of her foibles. I included poems in the score (one per movement) as additional little jabs.
I. Café Éternel
Do as the Romans do when you’re in Rome,
(Or as the locals when you’re not at home.)
So in England, you see,
It’s best to drink tea.
But not her, she’ll drink coffee with foam
