Compositions
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for solo piano
November 2017
Duration: ~8 minutes
This is the first of my "playing card pieces;" pieces in which pitch, rhythmic, and form structures were derived from playing cards. All of these pieces were testing grounds for what would eventually become "Numerology."
I really love this piece, and I hope it has a life. If you're interested in playing it or presenting it, please contact me!
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For improvising pianist and interactive score
February 2017
Duration: ~10 minutes
Etude No. 1 is a concert etude for an improvising pianist. By definition, an etude focuses on specific technical challenges. This etude keeps with that tradition by focusing on challenges related to improvisational technique. It takes as a starting point a relatively limited scope of material, and presents the pianist with several points of entry into that material. This particular etude uses a single pitch collection as its starting point, deriving all of its material from that one collection.
The score for this piece is triggered using Max. The score is split up into seven “scenes”. In all but one scene, the performer is required to manually advance from one scene to the next. One scene moves automatically to the next scene.
The score in the PDF reader below is a PDF version of the Max patch. If you'd like to purchase the Max patch or the PDF version of the score, contact me directly.
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For solo piano and delay pedal
November 2016
Duration: ~11 minutes
A meditation on homes and ghosts.
A month after moving into a new apartment with my then-fianceé Carmen, I turned randomly to a page in the I Ching. The hexagram listed was called "People in the Home". This became a mantra for thinking about spaces -- who occupies them, and what ghosts from previous occupants linger.
I think of this piece as a character study; it's meant to evoke a particular mood more than sound a particular way.
Brought to life masterfully by Sonya Belaya.
