Compositions

Rock operas for piano and voice (2003-2013)

These started during a sabbatical/period of unemployment and continued for the next 10 years.

• The Journalist (2003) – A rock opera about a photojournalist caught in a conspiracy
• The Silent Spectrum (2005) – A rock opera about the members of a rock band who discover that an evil genius is trying to take over the world
• Ballade (2013) – A rock opera about Robby Todino

Podcast suites (2007)

Written as source material for a coworker who needed interstitial background music.

• Podcast suite #1 (Nov 2007) – Five short instrumental pieces
• Podcast suite #2 (Dec 2007) – Five short instrumental pieces

Orchestral and chamber works (2019-)

After a long period away from composition and performance because of hand dystonia, I returned in order to write orchestral and chamber music as a creative outlet. All cover art is from my personal collection.

• Compositions (2019-) – Blog category containing composition diary entries
• 12 Orchestral Studies (Jan 2019-Jan 2020) – Composition exercises consisting of one work a month written during 2019

Three Pieces for Orchestra (Apr 2020)

Three Pieces for Orchestra (Apr 2020)

1. “in this time of quarantine”
2. the djinn
3. breathe

Symphony No. 1 “The War” (Jun 2020-Feb 2021)

Symphony No. 1 “The War” (Jun 2020-Feb 2021)

1st movement: what if this happened?
2nd movement: I am now
Interlude: “everything was forever until it was no more”
3rd movement: an occupying army
4th movement: decades had passed

String Quartet No. 1 (15 May 2021⁠–3 Aug 2021)

String Quartet No. 1 (15 May 2021⁠–3 Aug 2021)

1. the grounded earth
2. ἔσονται (they will be)

Suite for Turntables and Piano (11 Aug 2021–9 Feb 2022)

Suite for Turntables and Piano (11 Aug 2021–9 Feb 2022)

1. Prelude (3:00)
2. ich fühle luft (5:25)
3. Barcarolle I/II (6:38)
4. Synchronic/Diachronic (2:48)
5. “Your Vice is a Locked Room and Only I Have the Key” (4:28)

String Quartet No. 2 “heat death” (23 Feb 2022–5 May 2022)

String Quartet No. 2 “heat death” (23 Feb 2022–5 May 2022)

1. quantum foam (state 1, state 2, state 3) (12:44)
2. heat death (9:03)

Suite for Orchestra: Figures in a Landscape

Suite for Orchestra: Figures in a Landscape (16 May 2022 to 3 Feb 2024)

1. march
2. village I
3. helicopter I
4. crawl I
5. fire
6. boat
7. mountain I
8. village II
9. mountain II
10. rain
11. fissure
12. crawl II
13. helicopter II
14. “we’d never have got”