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Instrumental Works

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Calapitter (2024)

Duration: 10'30"

Instrumentation:
Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Saxophone, Horn, Piano, Harp, 2 Violins, Viola, Cello, 2 Percussion

Commissioned by Chicago Center for Contemporary Composition at the University of Chicago

Premiered May 17, 2024 | Performance Hall at
Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts | Chicago, IL
Jeffery Meyer, conductor

languor | torpor (2022)

Duration: 6'30"

Instrumentation:
String Quartet

Commissioned and premiered by Quatuor Diotima
April 9, 2022 | Fulton Recital Hall
The University of Chicago | Chicago, IL

Spur (2021)

Duration: 2'45"

Instrumentation:
Brass Quintet

Commissioned and premiered by Axiom Brass
May 23, 2021 | Performance Hall at
Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts| Chicago, IL

death is a drum beating forever (2020)

Duration: 7'40"

Instrumentation:
Semi-open-instrumentation: Piano, Bass, Guitar (Cuatro), Several Percussionists

Commissioned and premiered by Plena Libre
October 14, 2021 | Performance Hall at
Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts| Chicago, IL

Weary Tunes and Mellow Croons (2017, rev. 2018)

Duration: 5'20"

Instrumentation:
Chamber Orchestra
2.0.2.1. - 2.3.3.0. - perc - harp - strings

Premiered by the Cleveland Institute of Music Orchestra
November 15, 2017 | Kulas Hall
Cleveland Institute of Music | Cleveland, OH

Echoes of Blue Notes (2017)

Duration: 5'20"

Instrumentation:
Flute, Clarinet, 2 Saxophones, 2 Trumpets, 2 Trombones, 1 Percussion, Piano, Bass, Tape

Premiered by Cleveland Institute of Music Student Musicians
November 30, 2017 | Mixon Hall
Cleveland Institute of Music | Cleveland, OH

Dig (2016)

Duration: 5'20"

Instrumentation:
Bass solo

Premiered by Isaiah Simons
November 20, 2016 | Mixon Hall
Cleveland Institute of Music | Cleveland, OH

Theloniousphere (2015)

Duration: 5'40"

Instrumentation:
Flute solo

Premiered by Diondré McKinney
February 18, 2015 | John F. Kennedy Center for Performing Arts
Washington, D.C.

Simmer and Fault (2015)

Duration: 6'40"

Instrumentation:
Jazz trio: Piano, Bass, Drum Set

Premiered by Gabriel Novak, Isaiah Simons, and Evan Mitchell
April 24, 2016 | Mixon Hall
Cleveland Institute of Music | Cleveland, OH
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Simmer and Fault
Theloniousphere
Echoes
Calapitter
languor | torpor
Spur
death is a drum beating forever
Weary Tunes
Dig

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