PROFESSIONAL COMPOSITIONS

(Selected)

  • The New York Suite, Opus 1, nine pieces for orchestra, 40’ (2022)

    Premiered March 23, 2024, Brooklyn Chamber Orchestra.

    *American Prize award winner

    I. The Great Dock

    II. Farewell Address

    III. Stonewall Riots

    IV. The Artistic Crime of the Century

    V. Lunch Atop a Skyscraper

    VI. Elephant March on the Brooklyn Bridge

    VII. Grand Central Station

    VIII. 42nd Street

    IX. Finale

  • Three Meditations, Opus 2, for string septet, 14’ (2023)

    Based on three poems from “Meditations on an Emergency” by Frank O’Hara

    *Progressive Musicians Prize winner; Reading with Brooklyn Chamber Players January 27, 2024

    I. To the Harbormaster

    II. The Hunter

    III. River

  • Two Whitman Songs, Opus 3, for choir, 9’ (2024)

    dedicated to my friends in Los Angeles

    I. Aboard at a Ship’s Helm

    II. When Lilacs Last in the Door-yard Bloom’d

  • Escape from Chateau D’If, Opus 4, for full orchestra, 15’ (2025)

    Based on the novel, “The Count of Monte Cristo” by Alexandre Dumas

    i. The Chateau D’If

    ii. Dante and the Abbe Plea With the Guards

    iii. Dante meets the Abbe

    iv. Three Seizures

    v. The Escape