Chamber Ensemble (2-8 players)
Chamber Ensemble (2-8 players)
- for flute, trumpet, horn, cello, piano
*Commissioned by Composers Conference Chamber Music Workshop in memory of Susan Horvath.
Premiere: Chris Oldfather, piano - Charlie Anderson, trumpet - Michael Welles, horn - Eva Ding, flute - Emma Kato, cello - Julian Gau, conductorAugust 2nd, 2023, Avaloch Farm Music Institute
- for voice (Dastgahi singer), violin, viola, cello, bass
Premiere: Mahya Hamedi, Voice - Carlos Santiago, Violin - Melinda Rice, Viola - Tom Kraines, Cello - Matt Engle, Bass - December 2022, William Way Community Center, Philadelphia, PA
Wailing at the Moon - chamber opera (2022) - ca. 20'
Wailing at the Moon - chamber opera (2022) - ca. 20'
- for two sopranos, flute, electric guitar, cello; libretto by Traci D. Williams
*Commissioned by ENA Ensemble for Serial Opera Projects.
Premiere: ENA Ensemble, 04 January 2023, Free Library Philadelphia, PA.- for string quartet (2 violins, viola, cello)
Premiere: Argus string quartetNovember 10th, Rock Hall, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
- for saxophone quartet (sop. sx, alto sx, tenor sx, bari. sx)
*Commissioned by Philadelphia Student Composers Project for PRISM Quartet
Premiere: PRISM Saxophone Quartet, 06 December 2021, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PASubsequent: 07 December 2021, Christ and St. Stephens Episcopal Church, New York City, NY- for soprano, bassoon, and electronics
*Commissioned by Pushback Collective
Premiere: Pushback Ensemble, Ben Roidl-Ward (bassoon) and Ally Smither (soprano)Thursday, May 27, 2021, Blaffer Art Museum, Houston, TXBlank (2020) - ca. 6'
Blank (2020) - ca. 6'
- for clarinet, violin, cello, piano
Premiere: Un-heard of Ensemble
Summer 2020, NYC
Summer 2020, NYC
Poems (2019) - ca. 14'
Poems (2019) - ca. 14'
- for saxophone sextet (1 sop. sx, 2 alto sx, 2 tenor sx, 1 bari. sx)
Premiere: Alex Toth (sop. sx), Justin Evangelist, Kaylee Bernard (alto sx), Sydney Pointer, Aaron Rajewski (t. sx), Taylor Huitema (bari. sx)05 October 2019, Art-Reach Gallery, Mount Pleasant, MI
Shelter (2019) - ca. 8'
Shelter (2019) - ca. 8'
- for cello and piano
*Commissioned by New Music from the Mitten
Premiere: Joshua DeVries, Cello, Samantha Kao, Piano15 November 2019, Chamichian Recital Hall, School of Music, Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant, MI
Laleh-Zar (2019) - ca. 6'
Laleh-Zar (2019) - ca. 6'
- for saxophone ensemble
*Commissioned by John Nichol, professor of Saxophone at CMU
Premiere: Central Michigan University Saxophone Ensemble, Fall 2019Episodes (2019) - ca. 15'
Episodes (2019) - ca. 15'
- piano and 6 percussions (Version 1)
- alto saxophone and percussion quartet (Version 2)
*Commissioned by Central Michigan University’s Percussion Ensemble
Premiere: Matteo Generani, piano soloist - Kai Johnson, Conductor02 April 2019, Staples Family Concert Hall, School of Music, Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant, MIMotrebi (2018) - ca. 7'
Motrebi (2018) - ca. 7'
- for cello quartet
*Commissioned by Detroit Composers’ Project
Premiere: Hole in the Floor Cello Quartet19 December 2018, Matthew’s St. Joseph’s Episcopal Church, Detroit, MI, 20 December 2018, Third Place Concert Series, Ann Arbor, MIFracture (2018) - ca. 6'
Fracture (2018) - ca. 6'
- for two pianos
Premiere: Da Luna Duo, Abigail Mullis, Deniza Derdovski28 April 2019, Chamichian Recital Hall, School of Music, Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant, MI
Lullaby for silent victims (2017) - ca. 8'
Lullaby for silent victims (2017) - ca. 8'
- for string quartet (2 violins, viola, cello)
Premiere: Audrey Hartson (vl), Shannon Tayler (vl), Willie Martinez (vla), Arthur Bencke (vc)17 November 2017, Chamichian Recital Hall, School of Music, Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant, MI