Around G (2022)— 5'
For flute, soprano saxophone, percussion, and piano
Premiered at the 2022 nief-norf summer festival
Maria Castillo, Flute
Darius D. Edwards, Soprano Saxophone
Rachel Richards, Percussion
Huijuan Ling, Piano
Jayla Tang, Conductor
Dress rehearsal recording. Recorded at Powell Recital Hall, University of Tennessee Knoxville, on June 15, 2022.
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Ondulation (2021)— 9'06"
For string quartet
Recorded on February 8, 2022, at Ruby Lounge, Rubenstein Arts Center at Duke University. This piece is made possible through the generous support of Ciompi Quartet, and this piece is commissioned by Ciompi Quartet as part of their Portfolio Project 2021.
Eric Pritchard - Violin
Hsiao-mei Ku - Violin
Jonathan Bagg - Viola
Caroline Stinson - Cello
Audio recorded and edited by Mark Manring
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Toward a Rediscovery (2020)— 10'30"
For wind quintet
Recorded by Imani Winds on March 28, 2022, at Baldwin Auditorium, Duke University
Audio recorded and edited by Mark Manring
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Stranding/Whalefall (2021)— 8'40"
For flute, violin, violoncello, percussion, and piano
About whales, and harmonious or inharmonious life cycle.
Emi Ferguson - Flute
Mari Sato - Violin
Caroline Stinson - Cello
Chris Lennard - Percussion
Ieva Jokubaviciute - Piano
Premiered on July 24, 2021, at 2021 Weekend of Chamber Music, Eddie Adams Barn, Jeffersonville, NY.
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Toward a Convergence (2021)— 6'06"
For Yarn/Wire
Toward a Convergence builds on two contrasting textures: a driving minimalistic canon and resonant and chordal fragments, which nonetheless are based on the same pitch materials and harmonic plan.
Premiered by Yarn/Wire
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Two Elastically Centered Canons (2021)— 6'54"
For flute and soprano saxophone
Two Elastically Centered Canons explores the contrapuntal relationships between two wind instruments
Flute: Carla Copeland-Burns
Soprano saxophone: Susan Fancher
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scenes that lie outside time and place (2020)— 5'34"
For two players on melodica and toy piano
Melodica and toy piano 1: Huijuan Ling
Melodica and toy piano 2: Minato Sakamoto
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Wobbly Wobbly Wobbly (2019)— 4'33"
For melodica, violoncello, percussion, and piano
Wobbly Wobbly Wobbly is a play of "wob-ble" and "wob-bl-y," and is inspired and dedicated to my fat cat for our fifth anniversary.
Premiered at the 2019 Weekend of Chamber Music
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It's Faraway (2019)— 7'
For oboe, violoncello, three percussionists, and harpsichord
It's Faraway explores the sonic process of moving from short and percussive to long and resonant.
Premiered at the 2019 nief-norf summer festival
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Remaining Sense (2019)— 15'
For string quartet
Mov. 1 The Unexpected
Mov. 2 Immersion
Recorded by JACK quartet.
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The Plasma that Sparks the Fire,
The Liquid that Brings the Hurricane (2018)— 9'
For Line Upon Line Percussion
Performed by Line Upon Line Percussion at Line Upon
Line Winter Composer Festival, 2019 season
My Neighbor Has A Wind Chime,
I Wish It Weren't Pentatonic (2018)— 3'
For string quartet
Recorded by JACK quartet.
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Five Thresholds (Ed. 2017) — 11'
For string quartet and melodica
Mov.1 A House of Weapons
Mov.2 A Storehouse of Riches
Mov. 3 A Secret Garden of Great Beauty
Mov. 4 A Lake of Tears
Mov. 5 Dawn, Midday, Dusk, And Night
Performed by CCM Chamber Players
Conductor: Sebastian Serrano
Melodica: Huijuan Ling
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Chaconne Miniatures (2017) —7'
for flute, violoncello, and harpsichord
Performed by:
Carly Barnes, Flute
Caitlyn Chenault: Violoncello
Huijuan Ling: Harpsichord
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Fusion II (2016) —9'18"
For erhu, guqin, glockenspiel, and electronics
Performed by:
Shenghua Dai, Erhu(二胡)
Chris Lennard, Glockenspiel
Rachel C. Walker, Guqin（古琴）
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Trigger (2016)—11'14"
Commissioned with the support of The Public Library of
Cincinnati and Hamilton County for the Wood/Silk Project.
Performed by:
Colleen Phelps, marimba
Shenghua Dai, erhu (二胡)
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Palindrome (2015-16) —12'52"
For soprano, flute, and piano.
Text by Kendall. A.
Performed by:
Mengchun Yang, soprano
Dani Stevens, flute
Ivan Moscotta, piano
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Cloudy Music and Earthy Music (2016) —13'38"
Comissioned by Nicole Leong and Carlos Camacho
Performed by:
Nicole Leong, harp
Carlos Camacho, percussion
Purification (2014)—6'32"
Purification is inspired by fire burning and a phrase:
the night is dark and full of terrors.
Performed by:
Yi Sui, flute
Tianshi Wang, clarinet
Xinyang Zhang, pipa(琵琶)
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Wen II (2013)—14'52"
“WEN” is a Chinese word that means to seek the the
enlightened truth.
Performed by:
Yao Xu, zhudi(竹笛)
Shenghua Dai, erhu(二胡)
Lanji Fan, pipa(琵琶)
Tianyi Tang, Guzheng(古筝)
Yuanqin Jiang, Percussion