Portfolio Fall 2013
Fall Down Five Times Get Up Six (Piano, 2008)
This piano solo was written with Ravel's "Sonatine" in my ears, very much in awe of its elastic and fluid harmonic language. Francine Kay gives this performance at Princeton.
This piano solo was written with Ravel's "Sonatine" in my ears, very much in awe of its elastic and fluid harmonic language. Francine Kay gives this performance at Princeton.
Babybot (Percussion Quartet, 2011)
This doesn't look like a drum kit quartet, but is actually very much conceived of as one; I substitute a different material (wood, metal, glass, etc.) for each position on the kit and then lay the instruments down on a tabletop.
The very last note of this performance, by students in the 2011 So Percussion Summer Institute is miraculous, a high water mark for sure. Thanks, Clara!
This doesn't look like a drum kit quartet, but is actually very much conceived of as one; I substitute a different material (wood, metal, glass, etc.) for each position on the kit and then lay the instruments down on a tabletop.
The very last note of this performance, by students in the 2011 So Percussion Summer Institute is miraculous, a high water mark for sure. Thanks, Clara!
Trust Fall (NOW Ensemble, 2008)
I wrote this for NOW's residency at Princeton. The writing process experimented with using a software sequencer rather than a notation program in order to generate ideas that I later formalized on paper.
I wrote this for NOW's residency at Princeton. The writing process experimented with using a software sequencer rather than a notation program in order to generate ideas that I later formalized on paper.
The Exchange (2013/2011)
The performance version of this piece was completed in 2011. Below you'll find the audio treatment of the piece, from early 2013, followed by Mark DeChiazza's professional "concert cut" video, which sets my performance practice to the aforementioned audio recording. I've also included a link to our successful Kickstarter campaign, which is currently funding a film adaptation of the piece. (Forthcoming November 2013)
The performance version of this piece was completed in 2011. Below you'll find the audio treatment of the piece, from early 2013, followed by Mark DeChiazza's professional "concert cut" video, which sets my performance practice to the aforementioned audio recording. I've also included a link to our successful Kickstarter campaign, which is currently funding a film adaptation of the piece. (Forthcoming November 2013)
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Electrobot (2012)
This piece, with video documentation and score below, detaches conventional, percussive keyboard technique from the typical sounds associated with it. Each key of a black-key pentatonic scale triggers a long sample with its own rhythmic profile. This performance is from the 2012 So Percussion Summer Institute, with visuals and staging by Mark DeChiazza.
This piece, with video documentation and score below, detaches conventional, percussive keyboard technique from the typical sounds associated with it. Each key of a black-key pentatonic scale triggers a long sample with its own rhythmic profile. This performance is from the 2012 So Percussion Summer Institute, with visuals and staging by Mark DeChiazza.
Future Sevens (2013)
This project is intended to be a platform for releasing new music, or as Dan Trueman put into my head, to celebrate the creation of new music. Thus far there are four short associated tracks. I've embedded them below for reference, but please click here for the full effect.
This project is intended to be a platform for releasing new music, or as Dan Trueman put into my head, to celebrate the creation of new music. Thus far there are four short associated tracks. I've embedded them below for reference, but please click here for the full effect.
Additional Material: Writing Portfolio
The .pdf below is a collection of writing in various genres, from prose to poetry to scholarship.
The .pdf below is a collection of writing in various genres, from prose to poetry to scholarship.