written for the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra
as part of the ‘22–’23 Australian Composers’ School

winner of One Found Sound’s 2023 Emerging Composer Award

Despite its ubiquity, water is precious––we must protect Gaia’s lifeblood.

One Found Sound

concerto for cello and sinfonietta

Whalesong is remarkably sophisticated. Its patterns of repetition and variation mirror structures found in human music; its geographical diversity suggests distinct, yet overlapping, dialects and cultures; it exhibits hallmarks of language, including grammar and syntax––we just don’t understand what whales are saying (yet).

Dana Rath, solo cello

Hannah Tassler, flute / piccolo
Joshua Bullock, oboe
Triniti Rives, clarinet
Demetra Alikakos, bassoon
Nathan Cloeter, horn
Kiran Samuel, trombone
Sam Rachleff, percussion
Emily Richardson, Sofia Matthews, Hannah Corbett, David Hung, violins
Gabe Galley, Jimmy Cunningham, violas
Emma Cary, Samuel Sykes, cellos
Kevin Fink, double bass

written for the icarus Quartet
as part of their ‘22–’23 “iQ Tests” initiative

for two percussionists and two pianists

I. Triton
III. Europa

Some of the most fascinating worlds in our Solar System are moons that orbit gas giants. Four in particular, Triton (Neptune), Titan (Saturn), Europa (Jupiter), and Enceladus (Saturn), plausibly host liquid oceans.

Larry Weng, Ellen Hwangbo, pianists
Matt Kweon, Jeff Stern, percussionists

More details [linked here]

winner of the 2021 Isidora Zebeljan Award, in Kragujevac, Serbia
for piano quintet

i. network architecture
ii. garden city
iii. airport express
iv. night skyline
v. interchange station

Mass Transit is inspired by the Shanghai metro system: an elaborate network of lines, trains, tunnels / overpasses, and interchange stations.

Adrian Wang, Molin Han, violins
Jiaxin Yang, viola
Yuxuan Lu, cello
Lan Hu, piano

[concert details]

winner of a Jury Prize at the Sydney Int’l Piano Competition’s “Composing the Future” initiative, with support from Creative Partnerships Australia

for solo piano

Tiny Forests is inspired by the urban planning concept of breaking up a city’s concrete-and-glass jungle with plots of miniature forests. While small in scale, they still adhere to the principles of how forests form and grow: a nourishing layer of soil, above which lies (in ascending order) the shrub, sub-tree, tree, and canopy layers.

Han Sol Jeong, piano

written for the icarus Quartet
as part of their ‘22–’23 “iQ Tests” initiative

for two percussionists and two pianists

I. Triton
II. Titan
III. Europa
IV. Enceladus

Some of the most fascinating worlds in our Solar System are moons that orbit gas giants. Four in particular, Triton (Neptune), Titan (Saturn), Europa (Jupiter), and Enceladus (Saturn), plausibly host liquid oceans.

Chelsea de Souza, James Palmer, pianists
Leo Simon, William Chinn, percussionists
coached by Shepherd School percussion faculty Matthew Strauss

written for the icarus Quartet
as part of their ‘22–’23 “iQ Tests” initiative

for two percussionists and two pianists

I. Triton
II. Titan
III. Europa
IV. Enceladus

Some of the most fascinating worlds in our Solar System are moons that orbit gas giants. Four in particular, Triton (Neptune), Titan (Saturn), Europa (Jupiter), and Enceladus (Saturn), plausibly host liquid oceans.

Larry Weng, Christopher Goodpasture, pianists
Matt Kweon, Jeff Stern, percussionists

written for the icarus Quartet
as part of their ‘22–’23 “iQ Tests” initiative

for two percussionists and two pianists

I. Triton
II. Titan
III. Europa
IV. Enceladus

Some of the most fascinating worlds in our Solar System are moons that orbit gas giants. Four in particular, Triton (Neptune), Titan (Saturn), Europa (Jupiter), and Enceladus (Saturn), plausibly host liquid oceans.

Larry Weng, Christopher Goodpasture, pianists
Matt Kweon, Jeff Stern, percussionists

part of the TESSELAT composers collective
solo cello works concert

for solo cello

Trading routes that once took caravans months, over treacherous terrains, are now travelled in a matter of hours; Asia and Europe are merely linked by one night’s sleep.

Aurélienne Brauner, cello

written for the icarus Quartet
as part of their ‘22–’23 “iQ Tests” initiative

for two percussionists and two pianists

I. Triton
II. Titan
III. Europa
IV. Enceladus

Some of the most fascinating worlds in our Solar System are moons that orbit gas giants. Four in particular, Triton (Neptune), Titan (Saturn), Europa (Jupiter), and Enceladus (Saturn), plausibly host liquid oceans.

Larry Weng, Christopher Goodpasture, pianists
Matt Kweon, Jeff Stern, percussionists

developed through the New York City Ballet’s Choreographic Institute

in partnership with The Juilliard School

for flute / piccolo, violin, cello, and piano

North American monarch butterflies undergo an annual migration of epic proportions: from the forests of Canada all the way to the mountains of Mexico. A “super-generation” of butterflies complete the northward journey, following their source of sustenance, milkweed, all the way North.

AURA Contemporary Ensemble
Aimes Cass, flute / piccolo
Raul Colmenero Martinez, violin
Ashley Wang, cello
Shupeng Wang, piano

[concert details]

winner of the 2021 Isidora Zebeljan Award, in Kragujevac, Serbia
for piano quintet

i. network architecture
ii. garden city
iii. airport express
iv. night skyline
v. interchange station

Mass Transit is inspired by the Shanghai metro system: an elaborate network of lines, trains, tunnels / overpasses, and interchange stations.

TEMPO Ensemble

[concert details]

for Alice Ivy-Pemberton’s “Drowning Monuments” project [video]
for violin solo

The fish explore their new streets and avenues and boulevards, making their homes in corals growing out of skyscrapers.

Johan Dalene, violin

written for the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra
as part of the ‘22–’23 Australian Composers’ School

selected for the New Jersey Symphony’s Edward T. Cone Composition Institute

Despite its ubiquity, water is precious––we must protect Gaia’s lifeblood.

New Jersey Symphony Orchestra
cond. Case Scaglione

[ticketing link]

New England première
for orchestra

Skyscrapers, built entirely out of glass, reach into the aether, inviting clouds to touch their hanging gardens. The sun rises over a glistening city on the banks of the Yangtze, protector of its surrounding forests, hills, and waters.

Apollo Ensemble
cond. Elias Miller

First Prize in the 2020 iSING! Festival Composition Competition

version for baritone and piano

A setting of Tang dynasty poet Li Bai’s “Quiet Thoughts by Night” (静夜思).

Kang Yang, baritone

winner of a Jury Prize at the Sydney Int’l Piano Competition’s “Composing the Future” initiative, with support from Creative Partnerships Australia

for solo piano

Tiny Forests is inspired by the urban planning concept of breaking up a city’s concrete-and-glass jungle with plots of miniature forests. While small in scale, they still adhere to the principles of how forests form and grow: a nourishing layer of soil, above which lies (in ascending order) the shrub, sub-tree, tree, and canopy layers.

Andrea Molteni, piano

Asian première as part of the Princess Galyani Vadhana International Music Festival

for oboe and piano

i. transience
ii. aria
iii. hub

Airports exist in dynamic equilibrium, with people constantly commuting to and fro, flying in and out.

Courtney Miller, oboe
David Gompper, piano

commissioned by the icarus Quartet
as part of their ‘22–’23 “iQ Tests” initiative

for two percussionists and two pianists

I. Triton
II. Titan
III. Europa
IV. Enceladus

Some of the most fascinating worlds in our Solar System are moons that orbit gas giants. Four in particular, Triton (Neptune), Titan (Saturn), Europa (Jupiter), and Enceladus (Saturn), plausibly host liquid oceans.

Larry Weng, Christopher Goodpasture, pianists
Matt Kweon, Jeff Stern, percussionists

written for the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra
as part of the ‘22–’23 Australian Composers’ School

version for solo piano

Aria is my re-imagination of a Baroque adagio movement.

Thomas Feng, piano

written for the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra
as part of the ‘22–’23 Australian Composers’ School

Winner of the RED NOTE New Music Festival’s Composition Competition

Despite its ubiquity, water is precious––we must protect Gaia’s lifeblood.

Illinois State University Symphony Orchestra
cond. Glenn Block

Second Prize in the Institute for Choral Creativity’s New Choral Music Competition
for unaccompanied SATB chorus

setting two poems by Sara Teasdale (1884–1933)

I. There Will Come Soft Rains
II. June Night

Chorus Austin
cond. Ryan Heller

Ticketing details [here].

written for the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra
as part of the ‘22–’23 Australian Composers’ School

winner of the New Conductors Orchestra’s Call-for-Scores

Aria is my re-imagination of a Baroque adagio movement.

New Conductors Orchestra
cond. TBA

written for the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra
as part of the ‘22–’23 Australian Composers’ School

winner of the New Conductors Orchestra’s Call-for-Scores

Aria is my re-imagination of a Baroque adagio movement.

New Conductors Orchestra
cond. TBA

First Prize in the 2020 iSING! Festival Composition Competition
for baritone and orchestra

A setting of Tang dynasty poet Li Bai’s “Quiet Thoughts by Night” (静夜思).

Philadelphia Orchestra
cond. Lio Kuokman

First Prize in the 2020 iSING! Festival Composition Competition
for baritone and orchestra

A setting of Tang dynasty poet Li Bai’s “Quiet Thoughts by Night” (静夜思).

Philadelphia Orchestra
cond. Lio Kuokman

commissioned by the Tianjin Juilliard School
four settings of poetry by Yu Kwang-Chung 余光中

for mezzo-soprano and chamber ensemble

I. Ascending the Tower of Cranes 登鹳雀楼
II. Silent Mountains 空山不见人
III. Twilights in the Desert 大漠孤烟直
IV. The Big Dipper High in the Sky 北斗七星高

Han Yinpei, mezzo-soprano
Gergely Ittzés, flute
Angelina Lee, violin
Hyunah Lee, cello
Alvin Zhu, piano

winner of the 2019 ASCAP Morton Gould Young Composer Award
selected for the 2022 Minnesota Orchestra Composer Institute
for orchestra

Visualizations of global wind patterns resemble Van Gogh-esque brushstrokes on a grand canvas.

The Chelsea Symphony
cond. Reuben Blundell

winner of the 2019 ASCAP Morton Gould Young Composer Award
selected for the 2022 Minnesota Orchestra Composer Institute
for orchestra

Visualizations of global wind patterns resemble Van Gogh-esque brushstrokes on a grand canvas.

The Chelsea Symphony
cond. Reuben Blundell