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I was born in New York City, and raised in Yonkers, NY, and began composing at age 11 after seeing the film Amadeus. I've written music for solo instruments,
chamber ensembles, percussion, voice, chorus, band, orchestra, and film. I've been lucky enough to have my music performed at Weill Recital Hall, Aspen, the Brooklyn Conservatory, by the Cygnus Ensemble, and at universities and other venues in Rhode Island, Indiana, Philadelphia, and New York. I studied music at Brown University, Aspen, and privately, with my wonderful teachers, Johannes Somary, Gerald Shapiro, Michael Czajkowski, Chester Biscardi and Dan Becker.
Right now I'm studying composition with David Conte at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music.
List of Works
Orchestral and Band
Overture for Orchestra (1997) 11'
The Question Answered? for concert band (2001) 12'
Chamber Concerto for chamber orchestra (2002) 10'
Orchestration of Louange a l'Immortalite de Jesus from Quatuor pour la fin du temps by Olivier Messiaen. (2005) 8’
Chamber Ensembles
Essay for piano quintet 2 vn, va, vc, pno (1998) 10’
Five String Miniatures for 2 vn, va, vc (1999) 9'
Sublimation 1 for piano quartet (2000) 12'
Fyoog for four percussionists (2002) 3'
Wedding Song (for Geoff and Melanie) fl, vn, vc (2002) 3'
The Fog Rolls In (2006) fl, cl, tpt, hn, vn, 2 perc, vn, vc, db 2'
Lullaby for Lily/Melody for Maddie (2006-7) fl, guit 7'
Solo
Pastorale for solo cello (Movement IV of Five String Miniatures (1998) 3'
Nocturne for piano (1999) 4'
Untitled Miniature for piano (2003) 2'
Disjointed Images for piano (2005) 9'
Air for Unaccompanied Viola (2006) 8'
Choral/Vocal
Who Am I? for voice and piano, text by Felice Holman (2004) 3'
Away in a Manger, arr. for SSAATTBB chorus (2005) 4'
Away in a Manger, arr. for voice and piano (2005) 2'
Who Loves the Rain for voice and piano, text by Frances Shaw (2006) 2'
The Last Invocation for voice and piano, text by Walt Whitman (2007) 4'
Ubi Caritas for SSAATTBB chorus (2007) 3'
*Scores for any of these works are available upon request.
