Pieces for Traditional Japanese Instruments
Nod to Fellow Travelers - solo shakuhachi - 8 minutes
Premiered July 23, 2020 by the composer
2020 So Percussion Summer Institute
Hymn/Frost - for mezzo soprano or 2.1 shakuhachi and fixed media - 4 minutes
Siege of Cranes - three 1.8 shakuhachi (November 2018) - 8 minutes
Wild Human - solo shakuhachi - 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
Kezuroukai – amplified sho (Sept. 2017) – 6 min
Written for Beyond: Microtonal Music Festival and Symposium, University of Pittsburgh, PA
Premiered by Chatori Shimizu – University of Pittsburgh – Jan. 13, 2018
Splintered Ringing - solo shakuhachi (July 2017) - ca. 6 min
Splintered Ringing – two shakuhachi (June 2017) – ca. 6 min
Written for Elizabeth Brown and Ralph Samuelson “Shakuhachi and Ichigenkin: Discovery in a Single Tone” 2017 Tour
Premiered by Elizabeth Brown and Ralph Samuelson – Montclair State University, Montclair, NJ – Sept. 28, 2017
Kintsugi– 1.8 shakuhachi and clarinet (any key), or two shakuhachi (May 2017) – 30-40 min
Upcoming Premiere by Emily Cook (Clarinet) and Devon Osamu Tipp (shakuhachi) - Spring 2019
Fünf Träumen – 13 string koto (April 2017) – 8 min
Premiered by Katherine Whatley May 2, 2017, Kent Hall, Columbia University, NY
Premiered by Adam Robinson (shakuhachi), Humay Gasimzade (piano), Allyson Clare (viola), Brian Sanders (violoncello), Emilio Guarino (contrabass) Nov. 4, 2016, Scholes Street Studios, Brooklyn NY
Ozymandias (Aug. 2016) for gagaku sho (tuned A=430) and accordion – 7 min
Co-commissioned by Zak Hap Seligman, Marika Terao, and Henry Liang
Premiered by Zak Hap Seligman (sho) and Dr. Robert Young MacMahon (accordion), July 28, 2017, American Accordionists Association Masterclasses at Tenri Cultural Institute, NYC