Music

Small Ensemble

Windswept (2025)

2 violins and harpsichord | 8’
Commissioned by Ars Lyrica Houston, Matthew Dirst, Artistic Director
Premiered January 2025 | Stephen Redfield & Maria Lin, violins, Matthew Dirst, harpsichord | Houston, TX

I. Unwind

II. Winding, Wandering

III. Wandering Wild

IV. Wild Wind

V. Windswept

I lose myself (2024)

Piano quartet | 9’
Premiered November 2024 | Augusta Schubert, violin, Lauren Ross, viola, David Dietz, cello, Tong Wang, piano | Houston, TX

to be always discovering clouds (2023)

String quartet | 5’
Written for the Valencia International Performing Arts Composition Program
Premiered July 2023 | Mivos Quartet | Valencia, Spain

Heart Has Teeth (2023)

String quartet and bass clarinet | 10’
Written for the Lunenburg Academy of Music Performance Composition Program
Premiered June 2023 | Verona Quartet and Amelia Hurst, bass clarinet | Lunenburg, NS, Canada

Assurance (2021)

Soprano, horn, and piano | 8’
Commissioned by Juventas New Music Ensemble
Premiered March 2021 | Kelley Hollis, soprano, Anne Howarth, horn, Julia Carrey, piano | Boston, MA

Notoriety Breeds Restlessness in the Tame Unilateral Consciousness (2017)

Baritone, cello, and piano | 7’
Premiered April 2017 | Sam Gavenman, baritone, Daniel Tavani, cello, Grace Lim, piano | Rice University, Houston, TX

A Leg Up (2017)

Two violins | 10′
Premiered April 2017 | Laura Cásarez and Giancarlo Latta, violins | Rice University, Houston, TX

The Two Roads (2016)

Violin and piano | 3’30”
Commissioned by Giancarlo Latta for the 16×16 Encores Project
Premiered November 2016 | Giancarlo Latta, violin, Wesley Ducote, piano | Rice University, Houston, TX

Depth Perception (2014)

Three short movements for three double basses | 8′
Premiered November 2014 | Evan Hulbert, Charles Paul, August Ramos, double basses | Rice University, Houston, TX

Choral

Queer Rosary (2022)

SATB and piano | 8’30”
Commissioned by Anthony Bernarducci, Director of Choral and Vocal Studies at Clemson University
Premiered April 2022 | Cantorei | Clemson University, Clemson, SC  

Cloud Upon Cloud (2015)

SSAATTBB | 4′
Premiered May 2017 | The Rice Chorale | Rice University, Houston, TX   

Large Ensemble

Liftoff (2017)

Fanfare for three trumpets in C, two trombones, bass trombone, and two percussion | 3’30”
Commissioned by Rice University
Premiered May 2017 | Shepherd School of Music Brass Ensemble | Class of 2017 Undergraduate Convocation, Rice University, Houston, TX

Skywriting (2017)

Clarinet, bassoon, trumpet, trombone, percussion, violin, and double bass | 6’30”
Read May 2017 | Deviant Septet
Premiered May 2017 | Students of Shepherd School of Music | Rice University, Houston, TX

Reflections on a Silver Sky (2012)

Full orchestra
Premiered May 2012 | Tucson Symphony Orchestra | Tucson, AZ

Vocal

Assurance (2021)

Soprano, horn, and piano | 8’
Commissioned by Juventas New Music Ensemble
Premiered March 2021 | Kelley Hollis, soprano, Anne Howarth, horn, Julia Carrey, piano | Boston, MA

After Harvey (2018)

Mezzo-soprano and piano | 6′
Commissioned by Houston Grand Opera HGOCo
Premiered February 2018 | Hannah Jones, soprano & Jonathan Gmeinder, piano | The Funders Network Conference Opening Plenary, Houston, TX

For Those I Love (2016)

Mezzo-soprano and cello | 5′
Premiered March 2016 | Abigail Fischer, mezzo-soprano and Norman Fischer, cello | Rice University, Houston, TX

Gold Against the Gloom (2015)

Soprano and piano or mezzo-soprano and piano | 8′
Premiered April 2015 | Gloria Palermo, mezzo-soprano and Wesley Ducote, piano | Rice University, Houston, TX

When I Heard the Learn’d Astronomer (2014)

Soprano and piano | 3’30”
Premiered July 2014 | Donna Lee, soprano & Stefan Paul, piano | Neue Synagogue, Berlin, Germany

Electronic

How to Make a Pond (2015)

For live electronics | 5’10”
Premiered April 2015 | Rice University, Houston, TX