Compositions
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The Two Wings of a Moth
for B-flat clarinet and piano
2026. Premiered by Kalvin Rowe, clarinet and Collin Parker-Szekely, piano, Hamilton ON.
Ainsi le crépuscule
for string quartet
Ainsi le crépuscule pays homage Henri Dutilleux's "Ainsi la nuit." It borrows from his harmonic language, and explores referentiality and memory. Dawn and dusk are transitionary periods between day and night, and this is crepuscular music: fragments of transitional material evocative of dawn and dusk and referencing musical material that is never heard.
2021. Written for and workshopped by Ligeti Quartet, London UK.
Seltsamen Begegnung:
Verwandlung
for violin and viola duo
Theatrical and partially improvisatory duo based on a poem by Rainer Maria Rilke.
2024. Premiered by Veda Hingert-McDonald and Marlena Pellegrino, Toronto ON.
Moss Piece
for violin solo
Three movement text score inspired by moss.
2021. Premiered by Jordan Grantonic at Pendulum New Music, Boulder CO.
As The Eye Cannot See Itself
for SSAATTBB choir and viola
Carl Jung's concept of the contrassexual soul is the inherent and unconscious masculinity of a woman and the inherent and unconscious femininity of a man. This piece takes inspiration from this concept to explore the ambiguity, unity, and beautifully contradictory nature of gender and sexuality.
That's Not a Dandelion
for two sopranos
This piece is about yellow flowers that look like dandelions but are not dandelions. It uses a technique of musical mutualism called hocket as well as improvisation.
2021. Premiered by Peridot Duo, composed for Wildflower Composers Festival.
Above We Are Many; Below We Are One
for solo bass clarinet
Groves of aspen trees can have a whole forest of separate trunks but they are united by a single root system. This piece is an assertion: If we learn to feel that our roots are connected, we too will survive wildfires.
2020. Premiered by Kathryn Ladano, and Commissioned by NUMUS Concerts.
Frying Pan
for solo vibraphone
The title is inspired by a related quote about the accessibility of solo percussion music by percussionist Steven Schick: “there’s not a Stradivarius frying pan.”
2020. Premiered by Clara Warnaar, composed for Wildflower Composers Festival.
