SELECTED COMPOSITIONS
More about album-length projects here.
almost as soft as silence (2024)
Fifteen improvisations for solo violin. Filmed and recorded in 2022 in Belvedere, CA by Matt Carr. Watch here. Listen and purchase the album HERE.
vlnvlnvlnvlnvlnvlnvln… (2023)
A work for violin and fixed media with optional visual accompaniment. Premiered Dec. 8, 2023 at the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center.
Sound Logo: Bingen Violins (2024)
A short sound logo featured in promotional materials for Peter Bingen Violins. Check out Peter’s work HERE.
Envelope Poems (2023)
A new work for two violins, voice, and electronics based on the Envelope Poems of Emily Dickinson. Composed for Colour of Anyhow.
Actual Music (2023)
Actual Music (2023) is a four minute work for string quartet. See the full score HERE. Parts available on request.
hello, hello, my friend (2021)
hello, hello, my friend is a collaborative audio/visual reflection on connectivity, nature, and friendship. HHMF was commissioned by NMASSFest and Church of the Friendly Ghost for NMASSFest 2021 and premiered in July 2021.
Featuring: khat knotahaiku (voice memos), Zachariah Matteson (renga, field recordings), Mark Sutherland (saxophone), Doug Friesen (double bass, fuzz bass, drums), Julia Dixon (cello, field recordings), McKenzie Bezic (intermission music), Kumiko Sakamoto (voice), and Camille Schiess (voice).
landscape shifts (2020)
landscape shifts is a forty minute, single movement work for small ensemble, electronics and projections. The piece was premiered in February 2020 in Austin, TX.
Featuring: Julia Dixon (cello and voice), Kumiko Sakamoto (voice), and Camille Schiess (violin and voice).
Excerpts from landscape shifts can be heard on the Vaknar release landscape shifts (slight return), released in November 2020. Limited copies available at my shop.
saltless (for violin and electronics) (2019)
saltless is a work for violin and electronic processing from my 2019 album “solos”. Original video created in MaxMSP.
heavy sleepers (2018)
heavy sleepers is the debut single from my 2018 album, “heavy sleepers”. Featuring Kumiko Sakamoto on vocals. Video by Matthew Sage.
baleine (for violin and electronics) (2016)
baleine (for violin and electronics) is a semi-improvised piece for violin, electronics, and projections.
Composed in 2016, the piece was filmed, recorded, and edited by Taylor Joshua Rankin.