selected Works
the sun, seeping
What would it sound like if the Earth cracked open? What would it sound like if
it were peeled, like an orange? What would the sun sound like, if it were to ooze
out of the ground? If the sun is at the center of the Earth, where have we been
living all this time? Have we always lived on the other side of the light? These
are some of the questions I asked myself as I wrote this piece, “the sun, seeping.”
Commissioned by The National Orchestral Institute + Festival at The University of Maryland
sinfonietta
The Weight of Light is a one-act chamber opera commissioned by Chicago Opera Theater, music by Gillian Rae Perry libretto by Marcus Amaker.
The story: when a child inherits a magical ability which allows them to speak with objects, it opens up a whole new world of possibilities. Their mother, who shares the same ability, does not see it as a gift but as a source of shame. Both child and parent learn to navigate their powers and the responsibilities that come with it in this deeply sensitive coming-of-age story.
we could (be)
Premiered 2025 // Choir // HerVoice 2026 Winner
three months (after)
Premiered 2025 // Tenor, Wind Quintet // Commissioned by Ear Taxi
I’m sorry to my body
I’m Sorry to My Body is an orchestral work that is both an open apology to my body and an exploration of the relationship between physical presence (body) and metaphysical presence (emotion, mind, spirit). The piece was a winner of the Ravinia Festival’s Breaking Barriers call for scores.
Lost Children is a fairytale-esque dance/video/live music hybrid piece that tells the story of five children trying to escape from shadows that hold them captive. Lost Children is meant to be performed with dance and film components.
The Velveteen Rabbit
“"What is REAL?" asked the Rabbit one day, when they were lying side by side near the nursery fender, before Nana came to tidy the room… "Real isn't how you are made," said the Skin Horse. "It's a thing that happens to you. When a child loves you for a long, long time, not just to play with, but REALLY loves you, then you become Real."
"Does it hurt?" asked the Rabbit. "Sometimes," said the Skin Horse, for he was always truthful. "When you are Real you don't mind being hurt."“
~ Margery Williams, The Velveteen Rabbit
Large Ensemble
if we looked, would we see? (2025) - 8 mins, orchestra, 3.3.3.3.-4.3.3.1.-timp +3perc, harp, celeste, strings
New Jersey Cone Institute premiere
I’m Sorry to My Body (2023) - 7 mins, orchestra, 2.2.2.2.-2.2.0.0.-timp+2perc, harp, piano, strings
Ravinia Breaking Barriers call for scores winner
New England Philharmonic finalist
time: quiet, relentless (2024) - 12 mins, orchestra, 2.2.2.2.-2.2.1.1.-timp+1perc, harp, piano, strings
Why Are We Crushing the Bugs? - 10 mins, orchestra, 3.2.3.2.-4.2.3.1.-timp+3perc, harp, strings
the sun, seeping (2026) - 9 mins, sinfonietta
Commissioned by NOI+F at The University of Maryland
Choral
Listen to Listen (2025) - 25 mins, 8 vocalists, piano
Commissioned by College of Saint Benedict and Saint John University
we could (be) (2025) - 4 mins, choir
HerVoice competition winner
chamber Ensemble
Lost In My Thoughts (2023) - string quintet, flute, clarinet, percussion, harp, piano
Commissioned by Illinois Modern Ensemble
Safety (2022) - 1 vibraphone 2 players
Commissioned by DesoDuo
Weightless (2018) - flute, violin, cello, percussion, piano
film score +Video art
Commissioned by Middle Ear Project
Subtext (2019)
tHEATRICAL
The Sickness (2028) - 60 mins, chamber opera
Commissioned by Atlanta Opera
Desert Bloom (2026) - 65 mins, chamber opera
Opera America Discovery Grant awardee
The Weight of Light (2024) - 55 mins, chamber opera
Commissioned by Chicago Opera Theater
from, a distance (2026) - 25 mins, mono opera (soprano, fixed media)
Lost Children (2019) – hybrid dance, video – 4 vocalists, pierrot ensemble
Children Cannot Sleep (2018) – hybrid musical, dance – six vocalist, clarinet, violin, piano
Voice
Three Months (after) (2025) - tenor, wind quintet
Commissioned by Ear Taxi Festival
softest (2026) - soprano, piano
Solo Pieces
a place in-between (2023) - vibraphone, fixed audio
to: the dust (2023) - vibraphone, fixed media
Memory Holder (2022) - clarinet and fixed media
LOST IN MY THOUGHTS
Premiered 2023 // Performed by the Illinois Modern Ensemble
Looking for Friends
Premiered June 2019 // Performed by the Euclid Quartet
Songs of a Child
Solo Harp // Premiered Spring 2019 // Performed by Alison Bjorkedale
Always, Alone, Almost
Premiered November 2017 // Performed by
the Contemporary Vocal Ensemble
// Conducted by Fahad Siadat
Lost Children
Premiered May 2019 // hybrid dance, video, 4 vocalists, pierrot ensemble
I Am
Premiered March 2021 //
Performed by
Yijeong Isabel Yun (vocals),
Sarah Welden (vocals), Laura McCauley (vocals), Anne-Marie Shaver (flute)
Voices
Premiered March 2020 // For solo vocalist and electronics
Occasional Climax
Performed Nov 2019// Performed by Zena Bibler, DaEun Jung, Daniel Miramontes, and Sam Wentz // Directed by Levi Gonzalez
Children Cannot Sleep
Premiered May 2018 // for six vocalists, clarinet, violin, piano // Choreographed by Joye Forrest //
Performed by Socks Whitmore,
Karina Fathi,
Louis Coy,
Kevin Patel,
Richard An,
Evan Johnson,
Kion Heidari,
Jaslyn Loftin,
Jordan Terrell-Young,
Savana Ortiz,
Odessa Uno,
Antonia Timbol
48 (2018)
May 2018 // Directed by Nikki Chen
Lentajas (Re-scored)
Re-scored for the 2018 Watersprite Film Scoring Competition
echoes (2018)
Directed by Mark Kerins and Elliot Mayén // Film Info and Stream: click me
Why Are We Crushing the Bugs?
Premiered June 2019 // Performed by the Mostly Modern Orchestra
