I’m super excited to announce that the Polish Library Association will be commissioning a new multimedia string quartet from me to celebrate the centennial anniversary of Poland’s independence! The piece will feature projected images chosen with help from the PLA and will be performed by the Delgani Quartet later this year. More details to come.
Category: Commissions
Just finished a new piece for Megan Ihnen and the Sleep Songs project. Scored for solo mezzo-soprano and fixed media (with optional percussion), VEIL is a wordless song for sleepless souls in the dead of night. I’m often plagued by sleepless nights. I have the winning combination of taking several hours to fall asleep with being […]
I’m happy to announce that my commissioning project, Common Threads, has been awarded an Artistic Focus Grant by the Regional Arts and Culture Council! The project aims to commission four Portland composers to write a short composition (ca. 2-3 minutes) based off common source material from Bagatelle Sans Tonalitie by Franz Liszt for the intrepid musicians of fEARnoMUSIC, […]
I’m excited to announce that I will be collaborating with the Third Angle Ensemble on a new piece scored for amplified violin, viola, and narrator! The new trio will be part of “Heaving Voices 4.0,” a concert series devoted to works featuring spoken text against live music. I’ll be using a text titled Frozen Smolder by […]
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