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compositional works, 2012-present
Shipwreck Music (2012)
3. I wander, I wonder (solo voice and harp)
Devised by Emily Lau and Jessica Schaeffer (harp)
A Mass (2012), part of album Isle of Lucidity
1. Kyrie (three equal voices)
4. Universal Prayer (SATB)
Traditional Sanskrit mantra
2. Sanctus (three equal voices)
5. Agnus Dei (three equal voices)
3. I believe (voice, harp, violin improvisation)
Dickinson Poems (2016-2018)
1st edition commissioned and premiered by Conspirare, A Company of Voices (A Cappella)
2nd edition commissioned by Maren Montalbano Brehm for her album, Sea Tangle (Solo voice, harp, violin)
3rd edition for piano and voice
with additional commission from Gloria Bangiola
I. I Never Saw a Moor
II. The Moon Is Distant from the Sea
III. The Bee
IV. I Can Wade Grief
V. The Grave My Little Cottage Is
VI. That It Will Never Come Again
VII. I Shall Wade Grief
Recorded as part of the "Isle of Majesty" album, to be released late 2019.
Radical Softness (2017), contemporary-classical mixed chamber music set to ideas of Hafez
i. oh someone should start laughing
ii. it happens all the time
iii. even after all this time
iv. we should talk about this problem
v. plant - love - sing - laugh
Premiered and recorded by The Broken Consort for the upcoming album, Opus 1 & 2
Music written for and devised by 6 singers (SSSATB), saxophone, violin, viola da gamba, & harp
The Glorious Cuntata (2017), contemporary-classical mixed chamber music set to original and adventurous poetry about glorious femininity
i. (cunt is a) pre-existing condition
ii. labia majora
iii. in praise of menstruation
iv. the lost baby poem
v. labia minora
vi. heresy of the free spirit
Premiered and recorded by The Broken Consort for the upcoming album, Opus 1 &2
Music written for and devised by 6 singers (SSSATB), saxophone, violin, viola da gamba, and harp
I've been 'buked (SATB), 2014
arr. of I've been 'buked & O danny boy
Commissioned & Premiered by True Concord Voices and Orchestra
Ubi Caritas (solo voice, violin, organ), 2012
Commissioned & Premiered by Musicians at the Church of the Advent
Isle of Majesty, 2014
Recorder quartet
Recorded as part of the "Isle of Majesty" album, to be released late 2019
By Chance (dance fantasy for two voices, harp, lute, string quartet), 2014
Poem by Yu Guang Zhong
Premiered by The Arneis Quartet and The Broken Consort
Commissioned by 20 Summers
Recorded as part of the "Isle of Majesty" album
In the bleak midwinter (SSATTT, or SAATBB) 2017
Premiered by The Curious Voices
Manx Lullaby, 2017 (SATB, string ensemble, optional flute solo)
Premiered by Big Mouth Society
When Music Sounds, 2017
(two solo voices and flexible ensemble of instruments)
Premiered by Big Mouth Society
I wonder if the snow, 2017 (SATB)
Premiered by The Curious Voices
Star Spangled Banner, 2018 (SATB)
Premiered by Big Mouth Society
ii. Accompanied Recitative: If all the beasts were gone (tenor solo)
iii. Aria: The beauty of the trees (tenor solo)
v. Accompanied Recitative: Feelings of heat and cold (bass solo)
vi. Aria: As with her own life (alto solo)
ix. Aria: Let children walk with nature (alto solo)
x. Recitative: Some do not understand (bass solo)
xi. Aria: Even as a solid rock (bass solo)
xiv-xvi: Recitative: I want to say a few words (soprano solo)
xviii: Aria: I will not allow (soprano solo)
xix: Recitative: With the new day (soprano solo)
xx: Aria: I have decided to stick with love (SATB solo quartet)
Messiah Reimagined / The Messiah(s) (Solo voices & chamber orchestra), 2018
Commissioned and premiered by New York City Master Chorale and Manhatten School of Music
Speak | Listen, SATB chorus, flute, oboe, and piano (2020)
Commissioned by Alma Ensemble
set to text of Sojourner Truth
Spring Morning, duet for two high voice (2020)
Commissioned by Margot Rood
I love you, a simple song of love (2021)
Commissioned by Emily Marvosh
Our Queer Mother, Gabriela: A Suite for Chamber Orchestra, Children's Chorus, and Vocal Soloists (2022)
Commissioned by INSeries for their 40th Anniversary
The Common Opus (2023), an evening-length composition and interdisciplinary storytelling performance
Commissioned by Big Mouth Society
THE THING WE NEED (2023): a multi-movement suite for SATB choir, soloists, and chamber instrumental ensmeble
Commissioned by Boston University for its 150th anniversary
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