arco was motivated by an suggestion from violinist Marco Fusi to create a solo violin version of my work triangle for string quartet and tape. I liked the idea but felt that it would make more sense alongside additional movements to provide some context and commentary on this solo version. arco is a five movement work of which the solo version of triangle is movement four. I also created video designs to accompany the violinist and tape parts.

A “saccade” is a rapid movement of the eyeball between two fixed focal points. During this brief moment, the brain hides this blurry motion from our perception. Once a saccade motion has begun, the destination cannot change, meaning that if the target of focus disappears the viewer won’t know until the saccade completes. If the field of vision is changing too quickly, the saccades may never be able to arrive at and focus on a target, instead, the objects in view are only perceived through peripheral vision.

Composed for Giacomo Piermatti of Ensemble Suono Giallo for ilSuono Contemporary Music Week 2021. Città di Castello, Italy. full score

Commissioned by HOCKET for #What2020SoundsLike full score

The spatialized sounds used were designed using custom spatialization algorithms (tuned to the space) and custom sound design software created in SuperCollider. The DMX lights were composed and sequenced using a custom protocol between Reaper and SuperCollider. This is a stereo mixdown.

still motion b uses live audio and video sampling of the performer’s mouth, the projection of which creates a counterpoint to the live performance. All of the sampling is done with an openFrameworks program coded in C++. Contact me for the software download.

Commissioned by and composed for percussionist Patti Cudd with support from MacPhail Center for Music and the McKnight Foundation. still motion uses live audio and video sampling of the performing percussionist, the projection of which creates a counterpoint to the live performer. All of the sampling is done with an openFrameworks program coded in C++. full score Contact me for the software download.

commissioned by percussionist Jeremy Johnston it teaches us that it doesn’t exist creates an audio feedback loop by attaching a transducer to a suspended cymbal. The transducer agitates the cymbal with whatever audio signal is coming in through the microphone, which, when placed over the cymbal amplifies the sounds of the cymbal, agitating it further, creating a positive feedback loop. Moving the microphone over different parts of the cymbal and at different distances and angles creates different feedback tones and dynamics.

eclipse was commissioned by Skewed Visions, an experimental theater company in Minneapolis. The piece includes live audio processing using SuperCollider, as well as live visuals created with Processing. The visuals are controlled by the audio of the performer, giving the freedom to improvise within the structure specified by the composer, but keeping the visual and musical elements intimately connected through gesture.