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Digital portfolio

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Representative Works

When I've listed multiple excerpts, feel free to start with the ones marked with an asterisk (*). Additional excerpts are listed if you would like to hear more.
1) Tell Me a Bedtime Story ABRAXAS

An experimental chamber opera concerning Gnostic dualism and amphibians, created in collaboration with the Friction Quartet. Premiered in July 2024 as a project of New Performance Traditions, with support from the Phyllis C. Wattis Foundation .

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Video excerpts​
  1. Scene V. Treatise on Land and Water* - (4'13"), p. 45
  2. Scene IV - Innocence/Ignorance - (3'42"), instrumental, p. 36
  3. Scene XV - Hymn - (8'50"), starts on p. 115 of score 
2) The Secret Life of the Paramecium

A song cycle in 22 parts cataloging micro-organisms according to the Major Arcana of the Tarot, premiered in September 2022 as part of the Dresher Ensemble Artist Residency.

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Video excerpts​
  1. XXI: The World (Pelomyxa palustris) * - (10'28"), p. 110
  2. X: The Wheel of Fortune (Rotifera) - (2'27"), p. 77
  3. II: The High Priestess (Physarum polycephalum) - (5'47"), p. 30
3) Morning Song (The End Begins Again)

A sci-fi monodrama for voice with pre-recorded sound, released as an EP in November 2023.

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Click here for audio excerpt - Introduction: The Dawn / Part I: The Watchers (5'54")
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4) Mysterious Descent

A mytho-dramatic song cycle, with the libretto partially written in an invented language, Koktimô; premiere performances in June-July 2016.

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Audio excerpts
  1. IX. Song of Tortinzhalugit * - (3'22"), p. 50 of PDF file
  2. XI. Song of Dzochanibralk - (6'41"), p. 60
5) Just Visiting (X-Ray Vision)

A post-apocalyptic chamber opera, with premiere performances in October 2018.

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Video excerpts
  1. Scene 10 * - (4'12"), excerpt featuring vocals, p. 49 of PDF file
  2. Scene 3 - (3'00"), instrumental excerpt, p. 15
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