Works

2008

Concert House (8 ½')
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    -flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano, electronic beats
    -written for the eighth blackbird Duke student readings on February 24, 2008

Vocograffiti Wiimusic (in progress)
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     -Written in collaboration with Benito Crawford
     -Music for laptop, Nintendo Wiimotes, and cell phones

nameless, November 2007 (5')
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     -clarinet, bass clarinet, tenor saxophone, violin, cello, piano, electronic beats
     -chamber rock is hard in resonant recital halls...performed on April 9, 2008 at Duke University's Nelson Music Room
           Holly Kortze, clarinet
           Paul Cherry, bass clarinet
           Wayne Leechford, tenor saxophone
           Andy Bonner, violin
           Anne Berry, cello
           Will Gibbons, piano
           John Mayrose, conductor

DesubMix1 (6'; in progress)
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     -processed alto saxophone and electronica
     -this is a live recording with me on alto from a Duke New Music Ensemble concert on February 20, 2008 at Duke's Sheafer Theater.

Remixes

Sonata No. I2008/05-30006-00008-001-00 in E-minor "Reggaetech" (8')
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     **This work licensed under a Creative Commons Non-Commercial Sampling Plus 1.0 License.
I wrote this for the fourth round on remixin.org. The remix tree is:
"En La Selva Mvt. III" by John Arroyo --> "Tango En La Selva" by Courtney Brown --> "Tango 2" by Courtney Brown -->
"TangoVega" by Mantris --> "Sonata..." by me

Chopper Remix (6')
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     **This work licensed under a Creative Commons Non-Commercial Sampling Plus 1.0 License.
I wrote this for the third round on remixin.org. The remix tree is:
"Canons for Larry (123)" by Charles Dodge --> "Canons 123 (Ruoho Ruotsi Reshape)" by Ruoho Ruotsi -->
"Parsec Remix" by Parsec --> "Chopper Remix" by me
**I'll be performing this at a Pixilerations concert on October 2, 2008 in Providence, RI.

Nude (Cyborg Remix) (5')
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Written for Radiohead's remix contest this spring.

2007

Reduce, Reuse, Recycle (8')
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   -clarinet, cello, piano
   -arranged for Ensemble Zellig
     -premiered October 6, 2007 (Longny-au-perche, France)
           Etienne Lamaison, clarinet/bass clarinet
           Silvia Lenzi, cello
           Thierry Pecou, piano
     -performances on October 24 and 28, 2007 at UNC-Greensboro

Reduce, Reuse, Recycle (8')
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     -alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, piano
     -premier on January 19, 2008 (Paris, France) by Trio Saxiana
            Anne Lecapelin, alto saxophone
            Nicolas Prost, tenor saxophone
            Laurent Wagschal, piano

Remixes

Time Bandit (4'; in progress)
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     -tenor saxophone and electronica
This piece takes samples from three of my favorite Louis Andriessen compositions (De Tijd, Hout, Hoketus) and overlays melodies from John Coltrane's Naima and electronic beats from myself. I play tenor sax--mostly improvised--on this recording.

Mashup (4')
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     **I created this mashup for a graduate course at Duke University and have no intent to use it for any commercial purposes.
While learning about intellectual property, I had some fun with clips from Creedence, the Doobie Brothers, U2, Wu-Tang, and John Philip Sousa.

2006

At Bay (10')
                 i. ambivalent
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                 ii. pensive
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                 iii. bold
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     -violin, cello, piano
     -premiered by the Arensky Trio, California Summer Music, summer 2006
     -performances in Boston as part of the Juventas Ensemble’s 2006-2007 season (winner, Juventas 2006 Call For Scores)
             -first movement recorded at Harvard University, 12/3/2006 by Juventas:
                        Annabelle Tirado, violin
                        Nicholas Dinnerstein, cello
                        Christopher Leeds, piano
             -second and third movements recorded at Boston University, 12/8/2006 by Juventas

Context (6')
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     -marimba quartet
     -premiered by the Norfolk Contemporary Ensemble, Norfolk Chamber Music Festival, June 2006

Fragments (3')
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   -flute, bass clarinet, violin, piano, 2 percussionists
   -premiered by the Norfolk Contemporary Ensemble, Norfolk Chamber Music Festival, June 2006

t r a c k s (15')
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     -chamber orchestra, electronics
     -premiered by Brown New Music, Brown University, May 2006

No one will be watching us Mix (4½')
     -clean radio mix of my sound-art installation, No one will be watching us
     -featuring the voices of my talented singing and acting friends

Susurrus (5 ½')
     -cello, percussion, live electronics
     -premiered by Odd Appetite, Brown University, April 2006

2005

The Way Home (4')
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     -solo piano
     -premiered by Andrew Aziz, Brown University, December 2005

Underneath (6 ½')
     -flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano, vibraphone, percussion
     -premiered by the Itch ensemble, Brevard Music Festival, June 2005

Earlier Works

a music on subjectivity (2005); 3'
     -full orchestra
     -read by the Repertory Symphony Orchestra, Brevard Music Festival, July 2005

Tonal Durations (2004); 10'
     -string quartet
     -premiered by the Aubade Quartet, Brevard Music Festival, July 2005

In Progress

piece for solo violin and electronics (for Andrew Tholl)
piece for 100 saxophonists (for Festival Saxophones en Fete in Paris)
piece for solo cello, dancer, and electronics (for Silvia Lenzi, cello)