Works
|| chamber || large ensemble || electronic || songs || video ||
about my work
Eclecticism is my one true style. All styles mingling together, never
staying in one place for very long. This reflects my listening habits,
which are wide and diverse. Trying to catalog every influential style
is pointless here. Instead I will point to common characteristics in my
music.
First, it is decidedly non-pop. That is to say I do not work in the pop music style or in any of its primary off-shoots. I do borrow from these styles, but always to transform and comment.
Second, it is inherently rhythmic. Some composers create beautiful melody at the heart of their pieces. Others excel at rich harmonic writing. I am motivated by rhythm in all of its guises: groove, proportion, form.
Third, it is carefully concise. I prefer to come right to the point, say what I want to say, and be done. This does not mean that everything is short, just to the point, even if the point is a long one.
Fourth, it is fundamentally approachable. I choose to be aware of the audience for whom I compose. I strive to make my music open enough for them to find a way in. That said, I still expect that there will need to be a little effort on the listener's part. I work equally well in acoustic and electronic settings and most of my music is collaborative in nature.
|| chamber ||
Elegy for Sophie || piano solo || 2001
score || listen
The Eleven-Fingered Pianist || piano solo || 2000
score ||
listen
In Other Words… || clarinet and piano || 2002
commissioned by W. Bruce Curlette
score ||
more || listen
Joplin Fetish || marimba & piano || 2005
commissioned by Brenton Dunnington
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more
The Rhythm Variations || piano || 2004
score ||
more || listen 1 2 3 4
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Rockin' || flute, cello, drum set || 2008
score
Snapshots || horn & piano || 2008
commissioned by Jonathan Whitman
score
The Sincerest Form of Flattery || marimba || 2005
commissioned by Brenton Dunnington
score ||
more || listen 1
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Three Questions || graphic score for any performers
|| 2008
score || listen (performed by thingNY) 1 2 3
|| large ensemble ||
Caffeine Jitters || flute solo with jazz band || 2004
commissioned by Belding High School
score ||
more
Collage no.1 (Hungarian) || orchestra [ 2232 4331 2
perc tympani strings} || 2006
composed for OSU Symphony Orchestra as Composer-in-Residence
score ||
more ||
listen
Divergent Roads || wind ensemble || 2003
score
Hear My Cry, O God || SATB choir, organ, trumpet ||
2002
score
House Blend || jazz band || 2004
commissioned by Belding High School
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more
Mob Mentality || wind ensemble || 2005
score ||
more ||
midi
MOVE! || jazz band || 2001
score
Winter at the Grand Haven Lighthouse || wind ensemble
|| 2004
score
|| electronic ||
60x365 || podcast || July 1,
2007 June 30, 2008
more || listen
a/break machinations [formerly A/Break] || 2-channel
audio with generated video || 2009
collaboration by Amiti Perry (æmp:dance / amiti perry + company)
more || videos
Abandoned Revolution || 8-bit
soundtrack for dance || 2006
more || listen 1
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Anna and the Annadroids: Clone Zone
|| soundtrack for dance || 2007
commissioned by Anna Sullivan (Anatomical Scenario)
Artifical Imtimacy || soundtrack
for dance || 2008
commissioned by Anna Sullivan (Anatomical Scenario)
Banal Blast || 2-channel audio
|| 2008
listen
Boop Boop Beep [formerly Creamy
Pink Thrill] || vintage Gameboy with Nanoloop 1.3 || 2007
listen ||
video
Box Shy || live electronics for
dance || 2008
collaboration with Seen Performance
listen
Crystalline Continuance || soundtrack
for dance || 2008
commissioned by Jessica Tupa (Tupaco Dance)
Dancing DNA || soundtrack for dance || 2005
commissioned by Susan Fisher, Rachel Boggia, & Vita Berezina-Blackburn
more || listen
Electric Xmas In the Window || plunderphonic collage
more || listen
Excavations || interactive soundscore for dance || 2008
commissioned by Emily Lawrence & Kenyon College
Flurotica || flute and 2-channel audio || 2010
composed for Rebecca Ashe
score
Flute Club || flute and 2-channel audio || 2007
commissioned by Nicole Charles
score
Here, I'll Play It Again || 2-channel audio || 2007
listen
Lifedance (Fragments of Figments) || soundtrack for
dance || 2006
commissioned by Amiti Perry (æmp:dance / amiti perry + company)
more || listen 1
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3
4
Lost in La La La || live electronics || 2007
listen (coming soon)
Monkey Lab || spoken word & live electronics ||
2009
composed in collaboration with Robert Voisey (Elevator
Machine Room)
Not About the War || soundtrack for dance || 2008
commissioned by Boris Willis (Boris Willis Moves)
listen 1
2 3
on the other side of the glass plate, she wore nothing
|| live electronics for dance || 2008
collaboration with Seen Performance
more
|| listen (coming soon)
Relief || 2-channel audio || 2006
more ||
listen
Sunshine & Dirt || soundtrack
for dance || 2007
commissioned by Ashley A Friend (The Contemporary Dance Core)
more || listen 1
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4
Survival Machine || flute and computer || 2005
commissioned by Susan Fisher & OSU Biology Department
score || more
sym 5.1 || 2-channel audio || 2006
more ||
listen
Tonight on 60x60 || 2-channel audio || 2008
listen
Triage: Part 1 || soundtrack for dance || 2005
commissioned by Ashley A. Friend (The Contemporary Dance Core)
more || listen 1
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Twine || soundtrack for dance || 2007
commissioned by Kristin Hapke (Tindance)
more ||
listen
Where is Tokyo? || soundtrack for dance || 2005
commissioned by Esther Palmer
more ||
listen
|| songs ||
A Gaggle of Gripes || tenor and piano || 2000
text by Ogden Nash
In the End, the Soprano Always Wins || soprano and DVD
playback || in progress
commissioned by Monica Harte
In Spring || mezzo-soprano and piano || 2002
text by Emily Dickinson
Love Songs || soprano, piano and optional electronics
|| in progress
texts by William Shakespeare, Anne Cammon Fiero, Ana Bozicevic, Susan
Maurer, and others
Stanzas || mezzo-soprano and piano || 2003
text by Gertrude Stein
|| video ||
Boop Boop Beep || 8-bit music with Generated video || 2008
Cut & Paste || audio and video from sampled sources || 2006
Found || audio and video from found media || 2005
