Large Chamber
Chamber Works for 6+ Performers
Endangered Menagerie (2025) 21 min.
for clarinet, trombone, percussion, violin, viola, cello, contrabass, narrator, and tap dancer
* a 8-movement piece: The Wolverine, The Axolotl, The Piping Plover, The Salt Creek Tiger Beetle, The Loggerhead Turtle, The Ocelot, The California Condor, and The Christmas Island Pipistrelle
* I believe that music can raise awareness and foster empathy toward the plight of these creatures and all endangered species
Expiculatory Octet (2024) 10.5 min.
for flute (doubling on piccolo), Bb clarinet (doubling on Eb clarinet), bassoon, trumpet, trombone, violin, viola, and contrabass
* the third in a series of Expiculatic pieces... a fourth one coming soon...
Bringing Light to the Shadows (2024) 5 min.
for flute, clarinet, percussion, harp, 2 violins, and cello
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* created for "Community Engagement: One-on-One" project as part of From The Top Fellowship Program
* dedicated to Charles Kay Jr.
Shortchanged Scherzo: a Fleeced Fandango (2023) 6 min.
for clarinet (doubling on bass clarinet), bassoon, trumpet, percussion, 2 violins, viola, cello, and contrabass
* Scherzos and Fandangos are lively musical forms (or in the case of a Fandango, a dance), that are usually in some sort of triple meter. However, this piece, which is in 5/8, has been shortchanged, or fleeced, of one beat in each measure.
* MTNA National Composition Competition winner, 2024
The Big Umbrella / La Sombrilla Grande (2021) 7.5 min.
for violin, viola, cello, contrabass, piano, and narrator
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* commissioned by the Omaha Conservatory of Music for their "Stories from Childhood" series.
* features the book "The Big Umbrella" by Amy June Bates and Juniper Bates
* English and Spanish version available on YouTube
* premiered August 14, 2021 by Melissa Tatreau-Holtmeier, violin; Jenna Ferdon, violin; Jesse Griggs, viola, Dr. Elizabeth Grunin, cello; Dr. Janka Krajciova, piano; Grazzia Rode-Sagastume, narrator
The Summer of COVID-19 (from the Perspective of a 17-year old Girl) (2020) 6 min.
for clarinet, bassoon, horn, violin, viola, cello, contrabass
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* commissioned by the Omaha Symphony as a joint project with the Durham Museum to archive the COVID-19 Pandemic
* performed and recorded by the Omaha Symphony, October, 2020 at the Holland Performing Arts Center, conducted by Maestro Ernest Richardson
Festival in Hobbiton (2020) 9 min.
for string octet
* MTNA regional first place, 2020 Composition Competition
* inspired by J.R.R. Tolkien's book "The Hobbit"