Compositions

Chamber works with mixed instrumentation

Lux (2025)

Written for flute (dbl. piccolo and alto flute), alto saxophone, violin, and cello

Written for CORVUS the New Music Ensemble of the Fairbanks Summer Arts Festival as part of the 2025 Composing in the Wilderness program (Denali National Park)

Approximate duration: 6:15

Premiered July 31, 2025
Fairbanks Summer Arts Festival (Fairbanks, AK)
CORVUS (Katie Cox, flutes; Alex LoRe, alto saxophone; Andie Tanning, vioin; Charly Akert, cello)

Power and Beauty (2025)

Written for violin, double bass, and marimba

Commissioned by Access Contemporary Music and 10th Wave Chamber Music Collective for “Songs about Buildings and Moods” documentary on Mill City Museum

Approximate duration: 4:15

Premiered August 22, 2025
At Dusk (Minneapolis, MN)
10th Wave Chamber Music Collective (Eri Isomura, marimba; Ashley Ng, violin; Jason Wells, double bass)

#messykidnapping (2024)

Written for flute, clarinet, violin, cello, drumkit, and piano

Live score for silent film by Greg Emetaz

Commissioned by Access Contemporary Music, Sound of Silent Film Festival

Approximate duration: 13:00

Premiered April 4, 2024
Sound of Silent Film Festival (Chicago, IL)
Pascal Innocenti, violin; Alyson Berger, cello; Emma Hospelhorn, flute; Richard Zili, clarinet; Amy Wurtz, piano; Cleo Goldberg, drumkit

 

Being (2022)

Written for cello and piano

In five movements:

  1. “(Be)longing”

  2. “Beside”

  3. “BeLIeVING”

  4. “Between”

  5. “Beyond”

Approximate duration: 9:35

Premiered and recorded live March 2, 2023
Music By Women Festival (Columbus, MS)
Suren Petrosyan, cello, and Karen Cantrell, piano

A Living Relic from Another Time (2020)

Written for flute, violin, cello, and piano

Commissioned by Access Contemporary Music, Thirsty Ears Audio Tour

Approximate duration: 1:00

Premiered October 9, 2020
Thirsty Ears Tour (Chicago, IL)
Access Contemporary Music

The Thirsty Ears Street Festival adapted into a classical music socially distanced street festival and walking tour! Each stop on the walking tour through the Gesso app includes fascinating insights into each historical site as well as a newly composed piece of music inspired by the site.

Death by Omelette (2020)

Written for flute, clarinet, violin, cello, percussion, and piano

Live score for silent film by Greg Emetaz

Commissioned by Access Contemporary Music, Sound of Silent Film Festival

Approximate duration: 8:00

Premiered June 27, 2020
Sound of Silent Film Festival (Chicago, IL)
Alyson Berger, cello; Christie Miller, clarinet; Trevor Patrick Watkin, flute; Amy Wurtz, piano; Gloria Yehilevsky, percussion; Henry Zheng, violin

The Strength of Sky-Spaces (2018)

Written for clarinet and cello

Commissioned by Access Contemporary Music, Open House Chicago

Approximate duration: 5:00

Premiered October 13, 2018
Open House Chicago: The Arts Club of Chicago (Chicago, IL)
Trevor O'Riordan, clarinet; Alyson Berger, cello

out of nothing (2018)

Written for alto flute, cello, and guitar

Commissioned by the Black Cedar Trio

Approximate duration: 10:40

Premiered July 18, 2019
House Concert at the Lee House (Fremont, CA)
The Black Cedar Trio (Kris Palmer, alto flute; Steven Lin, guitar; Issac Pastor-Chermak, cello)

Running Amok (2016)

Written for oboe and piano

Approximate duration: 6:30

Premiered and recorded live October 28, 2017
International Alliance of Women in Music Annual Concert (Lawrence, KS)
Margaret Marco, oboe, and Ellen Sommer, piano

Winter Waltz (2009)

Written for alto saxophone and piano

Published by Jeanné, Inc. (2012)

Approximate duration: 2:45

Recorded live September 15, 2011
International Alliance for Women in Music Congress 2011 (Flagstaff, AZ)
Jonathan Bergeron, alto saxophone, and Brian Lockard, piano

Premiered January 9, 2010
Contemporary Saxophone Recital, Muse (Athens, Greece)
Athanasios Zervas, alto saxophone, and Gouastor Achilles, piano 

Another Ecstatic Opening Out (2009)

Written for flute, violin, violoncello, and harp

Approximate duration: 9:20

Premiered and recorded live February 11, 2010
Ball State New Music Festival (Muncie, IN)
Elizabeth Robinson, flute; Andrea Luther, violin; Jacob Visovatti, cello; Grace Bauson, harp

Abnegation (2000)

Written for contrabassoon and harp; also transcribed for bass clarinet and harp

Published by Jeanné, Inc. (2009)

Approximate duration: 5:00

Recorded March 2, 2010
Concert of New Music, Kenyon College (Gambier, OH)
Bob Milnikel, bass clarinet, and Holly Bacon, harp

Premiered November 28, 2000
Student Composition Recital, Indiana University School of Music (Bloomington, IN)
Daniel Healton, bass clarinet, and Megan Lynn Stout, harp

you are beautiful and worth it (2023)

Written for 10 bicycle bells

Approximate duration: indeterminate

Premiered December 1, 2023
I-Park Private Studio Crawl (East Haddam, CT)
Ad-hoc bicycle bell orchestra

Nomina Musica (2008)

Written for two flutes (dbl. piccolo), clarinet (dbl. bass clarinet), alto saxophone, horn in F, harp, piano, violin, and cello

In nine movements

  1. R. M. (ca. 1'04'')

  2. R. C. (ca. 1'10'')

  3. K. K. (ca. 0'59'')

  4. S. G. (ca. 1'11'')

  5. A. T. (ca. 1'00'')

  6. Z. G. (ca. 1'02'')

  7. H. B. (ca. 1'00'')

  8. J. D. (ca. 0'44'')

  9. E. A. (ca. 0'58'')

Approximate duration: 11:00

Premiered and recorded live March 2, 2010
Concert of New Music, Kenyon College (Gambier, OH)
Julia DeNiro, flute; Ayako Tokuyama, flute; Robert Milnikel, clarinet; Evan Axelbaum, alto saxophone; Robin Cash, horn in F; Samantha Goodin, violin; Kasey Kelly, cello; Holly Bacon, harp; Zoey Guo, piano

Five Experiments (2000)

Written for clarinet, two alto saxophones, tenor saxophone, trumpet, cello, and piano

In five movements

Approximate duration: 6:30

Premiered and recorded live February 3, 2001
Graduate Theory Association Chamber Recital, Indiana University School of Music (Bloomington, IN)
J. Meryl Krieger, clarinet; Andrew Davis, alto saxophone; Kareem Powell, alto saxophone; Ken Froelich, tenor saxophone; Stan Kleppinger, trumpet; Megan Schindele, cello; Melissa Korte, piano

Haitus (2008)

Written for flute, clarinet, violin, cello, and piano

In three movements

  1. Rainbows

  2. Raindrops

  3. Rainstorm and Meditation

Approximate duration: 14:20

Premiered March 2, 2010
Concert of New Music, Kenyon College (Gambier, OH)
Ayako Tokuyama, flute; Bob Milnikel, clarinet; Samantha Goodin, violin; Kasey Kelly, cello; Zoey Guo, piano

Snapshots (1999)

Written for clarinet and piano

Theme and seven variations

Approximate duration: 5:00

Premiered February 25, 1999
Senior Composition Recital, Roosevelt University (Chicago, IL)
Eric Elder, clarinet; Victoria Malawey, piano

Sonata for Flute and Piano (1997)

Written for flute and piano

In three movements

Approximate duration: 10:00

Premiered February 25, 1999
Senior Composition Recital, Roosevelt University (Chicago, IL)
Laura Koepele-Tenges, flute; John Ackerman, piano

The House of Open Enemies (2022)

Written for double bass and piano

Approximate duration: 4:15

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Three of Swords (2015)

Written for flute, two bassoons, violin, viola, and piano

Approximate duration: 5:00

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