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Solos

2020

Cloning a Mountain - for any number of performers - 7 minutes

          Premiered July 25, 2020  So Percussion Summer Institute

Nod to Fellow Travelers - solo shakuhachi - 8 minutes

           Premiered July 23, 2020 by the composer

           2020 So Percussion Summer Institute

Hyakkiyagyo 百鬼夜行 - for solo bass - 12 minutes

          written for Will Yager

Braids - for piri and shakuhachi; or solo piri; or solo shakuhachi - 5-15 minutes

          written for and dedicated to Adam Robinson and gamin

Hymn/Frost - for mezzo soprano or 2.1 shakuhachi and fixed media - 4 minutes

 

2019

31 Ways of Looking at a Truffle - solo flute (September 2019) - 6 minutes

           Written for Kayla Hanvey

           Upcoming Premiere, December 2019 - Budapset, Hungary

Breadcrumbs - prepared piano solo (May 2019) - 8 minutes

Pale Blue Dot - 1.8 shakuhachi and fixed media (February 2019) - 8 minutes 

           Upcoming Premiere by Elizabeth Brown at Astrophysics/Cosmology Artist In Residence Showcase April 12, 2019, Pittsburgh PA

           Dedicated to Carles Badenes

2018

Wild Human - solo shakuhachi (October 2018) - 6 minutes

           Premiered by the composer, October 21st, 2018 - Irma Freeman Center - Pittsburgh, PA

Nameless Sands - solo ichigenkin (June 2018) - ca. 6 minutes

          Written for Issui Minegishi

Music for Cannibals - solo bass (February 2018) - ca. 8 min

2017

Heila  - solo baroque flute (November 2017) - 6 min

         Written for Carla Rees - Premiered 7 June 2018, Iklectik Art Lab, 

         20 Carlisle Lane, SE1 7LG, London England

         Published by Tetractys Publishing

Kezuroukai – amplified sho  (Sept. 2017) – 6 min

        Written for Beyond: Microtonal Music Festival and Symposium, University of Pittsburgh, PA

        Upcoming Premiere by Chatori Shimizu – University of Pittsburgh – Jan. 13, 2018

 

Splintered Ringing - solo shakuhachi (June 2017) - 6 min

         Written for and dedicated to Elizabeth Brown and Ralph Samuelson

Fünf Träumen  – prepared 13 string koto (April 2017) – 8 min

       Premiered by Katherine Whatley May 2, 2017, Kent Hall, Columbia University, NY

Reasoning with Windmills – eight string microtonal guitar (February 2016) – 4 min

        Written for Tolgahan Çoğulu

        https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZThnNCqlcc

Augury – oboe, clarinet, or bassoon and fixed media (December 2015) – 9 min

         Commissioned by Alison Lowell (oboist)

         Premiered by Alison Lowell, March 3, 2016, University Maryland College Park

Red Chant/Grey Note Quarrel – solo bassoon (Sept. 2013) – 5 min

        Premiered by Devon Osamu Tipp, Oct. 11, 2013, Alexander Kasser Theatre – Montclair, New Jersey

Seven Bagatelles/Three Pieces for Quartertone Accordion  – quartertone accordion (Aug. 2012/Sept. 2015) – 8 min

       Written for Veli Kujala

       Premiered by Veli Kujala, Sept. 23, 2013, Musiikkitalo, Helsinki, Finland

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