Works
Orchestra
Echoes of a Marionette (8’30)
Richly-divided string textures and quiet, intense motion gives way to powerful brass chorales
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Chamber orch. version available
Ghosts of Iron, Memories of Stone (12’)
A surround-sound reflection on nature, grief, and echoes of history, through the landscapes of Valley Forge National Historical Park
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Winner, Juilliard Orchestra Composer Competition
Concerto for Viola and Chamber Orchestra
A three-movement rhapsody on flowing landscapes of the Pacific Northwest
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So whisper the trees…(11')
Opera & Drama
Becoming Hawk
Opera in 3 Acts (in progress)
Libretto by Ronny Goldschmitz
Lady in the Golden Cage
Opera in 3 Acts (in progress)
Libretto by Ronny Goldschmitz
Remember (45’)
Monodrama in 1 Act
An elderly musician seeks to desperately retain the last threads of memory of his beloved, departed wife — and to desperately forget the trauma that haunts his now lonely life.
Libretto by Ronny Goldschmitz
Bass-Baritone, viola, piano
String Quartet
String Quartet No. 1 "Elemental" (11')
Four movements illustrating the elemental spirits with disparate string textures
String Quartet No. 2 “Paschalis" (11')
A single-movement memorial to a cherished musical mentor
Four picturesque nocturnes on woodland choruses, whistling winds, still nights, and starry lights
Nocturnes for String Orchestra (15’)
String Quartet No. 3 “Discomfort" (11')
A deep, reflective exploration on dissonance and harmony, dipping into 29-tone equal temperament with exaggerated accidentals
Chamber Ensemble
Brooklyn Crucifixion (6')
A reflective portrait inspired by Klezmer modes & Chaim Potok’s My Name is Asher Lev
Clarinet, string quartet, piano
Commissioned by 92NY
Cogitans (5’)
A journey through the cycle of thought
Clarinet, cello, piano
Crafts of Hephaestus (9')
Five pieces exploring gaiety and grandeur of gems and geology
Brass quintet OR brass sextet OR solo organ
Discrete Automata (8')
A playful whimsy of curious New York City vignettes
Piccolo, bassoon, percussion, cello
Kaleidoscopes: Blooming Crystalline (9')
A winter’s triptych on life, love, and memory: crystallizing, blooming, and fading away
Clarinet, viola, harp, piano 4-hand
Nach Lust und Laune der Würfel (7')
“At the whim of the dice”: aleatoric antics for an odd-couple ensemble
Oboe, bass trombone, percussion, piano, two cellos
Vocal & Choral
chansons de la lumière (10’)
Three songs of light, soundscapes of the natural beauty of dawn, day, and dusk
Soprano, flute, piano
English texts: Paul Laurence Dunbar, John Gould Fletcher, Phillis Wheatley
Crois en nous (5’)
“Believe in us”: on love’s vulnerability and resilience over life’s coldest hardships
Baritone, cello quartet
French text by the composer
αἱ Mοūσαι (The Muses) (8'30)
Song cycle on ancient texts, singing of the nine muses of the arts
Mezzo-soprano, flute, bassoon, horn, harp, double bass
Greek & Latin texts: Homer, Horace, Sappho, Mesomedes, Aristophanes, Plato
Θάνατος (Thanatos) (11')
Settings of three English poems on tragedies of loss and life
Soprano OR baritone, piano
English texts (public domain): Anne Boleyn, Paul Laurence Dunbar, Christina Rossetti
What Will Be Remembered (9’30)
A microtonal, nature-woven surround-sound existential contemplation: What will be remembered of humanity, and of Planet Earth?
Soprano, crotales, live electronics
Luminous poetry, sowing light engraved on the blueprint of spacetime
SATB a cappella
English text: Ronny Goldschmitz; Hebrew text: Psalm 97:11
Blueprint of Spacetime (5')
Solo & Duo
Anakhronismos (7')
A modern interpretation of the prelude and fugue
Piano (solo)
Crafts of Hephaestus (9')
Five pieces exploring gaiety and grandeur of gems and geology
Organ (solo) OR brass quintet OR brass sextet
Commissioned by organist Ryan Kennedy
Dreams of Daedalus (4')
A solemn requiem of a dreamer always looking to the sky
Violin, viola (scordatura)
Hashoah (9')
A somber remembrance
Viola, harp
Commissioned by Duo Esprit
Ianis (4')
A resonant, raw cry of a distant horn on the horizon from a dreamlike silhouette
French horn OR saxophone (solo)
Impermanence (5')
A warm rendering of the elusive nature of joy
Violin, piano OR Cello, piano
Commissioned by 92NY & violinist Asi Matathias
Make of Yourself a Light (6')
A flowing meditation inspired by poetry of Mary Oliver
Violin, piano
Commissioned by Duo 526
Mediterrarabian Pastiche (5’)
Variations drawing on deep musical lineage of the Phrygian Dominant mode
Clarinet (solo)
Ménagerie Mosaïque (8')
A challenging solo showpiece full of colorful creatures and wide-ranging techniques
Violin OR mandolin (solo)
Commissioned by violinist Dennis Kim
Rhapsody for a Forgotten Soul (12')
A rhapsody-etude, a deep lament through rich viola textures and dyads
Viola (solo)
Blue Ragbag (3’30)
A short, swinging solo showpiece
Double bass (solo)
A voyaging instrumental ballad of emotional textures
Violin, cello
Theme & Variations (14’)
An emotional interlude to Act I of Becoming Hawk (opera)
Cello (solo)
Veiled Embrace (2’30)
Arrangements
An Chúilfhionn (The Coolin) (Trad., arr. Esposito)
Orchestrated for solo violin & string orchestra
For the Northeastern Pennsylvania Philharmonic
“Im Rhein, im heiligen Strome”, from Dichterliebe (R. Schumann)
Orchestrated for chamber orchestra (winds & strings only, no vocal or brass)
“L’heure exquise”, from Chansons grises (R. Hahn)
Orchestrated for soprano & chamber orchestra
for soprano Renée Fleming
“Zueignung” (R. Strauss)
Arranged for soprano & chamber orchestra
for soprano Renée Fleming
Orchestra
Der Erlkönig (F. Schubert)
Arranged for string quartet
For This Love (R. Sayles)
Arranged for vocalist & string quartet
"Langsam, mit melancholischem Ausdruck", from Märchenbilder (R. Schumann)
Arranged for four violas
Première Rhapsodie (C. Debussy)
Co-arranged for solo flute (with Jasmine Choi)
Chamber