Composer | Librettist | Artist
Second movement – mp3
Third movement – mp3
“I had nothing but to walk into nowhere
and the wide sunset space with the star.”
– Georgia O’Keeffe
The first movement of Into nowhere became the score to my video The Faraway Nearby: Georgia O’Keeffe and the New Mexico Landscape. Continue reading “Into nowhere (2010)”
This set of three duets for flute and bassoon revolves around counterpoint, syncopated rhythms, and economy of material. I sought to weave a texture between these two opposing yet complementary voices that is conversational, playful, dynamic, and virtuosic.
Continue reading “Duet (2009)”
Trees was originally scored for six-part flute choir, commissioned by the San Francisco State University Flute Choir, which premiered the first movement in 2009 as part of a program of music by American composers. The work was later arranged for two oboes and harpsichord. Continue reading “Trees (2009/10)”
A setting of selected quotations from painter Georgia O’Keeffe. Continue reading “To Create One’s Own World (2009)”
An orchestral tone poem inspired by the New Mexico paintings of Georgia O’Keeffe. Continue reading “From the Faraway Nearby (2009)”
A song cycle setting of poems by Michelangelo, adapted by the composer from English translations. Continue reading “Revealed in Stone (2009)”