Curriculum Vitae
Education
2019 - 2022 DMA, Music Composition, The University of Alabama.
2016 - 2019 MM, Music Composition, The University of Alabama.
2012 - 2014 MA, Music Composition, Tulane University.
2009 - 2012 BA. Music, BA History, Tulane University.
Experience
2023 - Present Co-Artistic Director of the University of Alabama Contemporary Music Ensemble.
2022 - Present Instructor of Music Composition, The University of Alabama School of Music.
2016 - 2022 Graduate Teaching Assistant, The University of Alabama School of Music.
2017 - 2018 Composer in Residence and Director of The University of Alabama Contemporary Ensemble.
2016 - 2017 President, Society of Composers, UA Branch.
2012 - 2014 Graduate Teaching Assistant, Tulane University.
Recent Commissions
2023 - Commission received by pianist Kevin Lee Sun
2023 - Commission received by choreographer George Berry.
2022 - Commission received by flutist Steven Keith.
2021 - Commission received by dance filmmaker George Berry.
2021 - Commission received by dance filmmaker Dr. Fen Kennedy.
2019 - Commission received by pianist Joseph Fleetwood.
2019 - Commission received by Baltimore Gamer Symphony Orchestra.
2019 - Commission received by pianist Dr. Kenneth Mcguire.
2017 - Commission received by the University of Alabama’s Department of Theatre and Dance.
Honors and Awards
2023 - Finalist for the American Prize in short choral works category, And here, we keep the most bright things.
2023 - Semi-Finalist for the American Prize in opera, film, theater, and dance category, Dream State.
2022 - Selected for American College Dance Association Screendance Gala Festival, Dream State.
2021 - One of two University of Alabama submissions into the American College Dance Association screendance adjudication and competition, Dream State.
2021 - Shared best musical composition, Dream State, Dance Alabama Film Festival.
2021 - Best of Capstone Film Block, The Energies of Woman, Black Warrior Film Festival.
2020 - Semifinalist, My State With Kings, Kaleidoscope 2020 call for scores.
2020 - Best musical composition, The Energies of Woman, Dance Alabama Film Festival.
2020 - Best overall film, A.I., Dance Alabama Film Festival.
2018 - Selected for performance by the University of Alabama’s Contemporary Ensemble.
2015 - First Prize in the Robert Avalon International Composition Competition, University/Emerging Artist Division, Stream, Houston’s Foundation for Modern Music.
2013 - Recipient of the Music Department’s Maynard Klein Award at Tulane University.
2012 - Recipient of Tulane University’s Wavemaker Award.
Professional Activity
2024 - An Instrumental Everything, for flute and stereo playback. Moody Music Building, Tuscaloosa, AL 2/2024.
2023 - Buffalo, for solo piano. The College Music Society National Conference, The University of Miami, Miami, FL 10/2023.
2023 - Buffalo, for solo piano. Moody Music Building, Tuscaloosa, AL 04/2023.
2023 - Covid, for stereo playback. Moody Music Building, Tuscaloosa, AL 04/2023.
2023 - Parma Recording Artist, “I am all that is here, I” and “Inquiry into the nature of the warm asphalt beneath my feet.” Parma recording project, “Mind & Machine,” Volume V. Album, 08/2023.
2022 - KinaeSonic Conversations in Motion: improvising dance and music dramaturgies, presentation on improvisation and precarity in audience and performer relationships during performance of I was waiting to be found.
2022 - I was waiting to be found., three part multimedia installation for live audience recording/playback, screen dance, stereo playback, alto flute, Bb clarinet, and choreographed and improvised dance. Maxwell Hall, Tuscaloosa, AL, 09/04/2022.
2022 - I am all that is here, I, music for stage dance, Bb clarinet and stereo playback. Maxwell Hall, Tuscaloosa, AL, 09/04/2022. 2nd performance - Chicago New Music’s “Impromptu Fest,” Chicago, IL, 0916/2023
2022 - Walk as though to wake the earth., alto flute, Bb clarinet, and stereo playback. Gorgas House, Tuscaloosa Alabama, 04/22. 2nd performance - Morgan Hall, Tuscaloosa, AL, 04/2022.
2022 - Beats per minute, music for stage dance, stereo playback. Dance Collection, The University of Alabama Theatre and Dance, Tuscaloosa, AL, 04/2022.
2022 - I am all that is here, and I, screen dance, electro-acoustic. Shape Virtual Exhibition, Vinegar Art Collective, Birmingham, AL, 03/2022.
2022 - And here, we keep the most bright things, SATB choir. University Singers Student Composers Concert, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, 03/2022.
2021 - Dream State, screen dance, voice and ensemble. Dance Alabama Film Festival, Tuscaloosa, AL, 04/2021. 2nd performance - American College Dance Association Screendance Gala Festival, Virtual, 04/2022.
2021 - Drive?, Comedy short film, soundtrack. Black Warrior Film Festival, Tuscaloosa, AL. 03/2021
2020 - The National Humanities Center Virtual Winter Residency, “How to Create Meaningful Online Learning Communities”. The National Humanities Center, Research Triangle, NC, 12/2020.
2020 - Nothing Comfortable, Nothing Familiar, screen dance, electro-acoustic. Department of Theatre and Dance virtual premiere. The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa AL, 11/2020. 2nd performance - Black Lives Rising Film Festival, New York NY, 12/2021.
2020 - A Shadow of Familiar Sounds, screen dance, electro-acoustic. Alabama Repertory Dance Theatre, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa AL, 10/2020.
2020 - Just Breathe For a Minute, screen dance, electronic. Shape Virtual Exhibition, Vinegar Art Collective, Birmingham AL, 09/2020.
2020 - Flutter Bombs Live, symphony orchestra and choir. Baltimore Gamer Symphony Orchestra; Baltimore, MD. Virtual Release for Baltimore City’s Artscape Festival, 06/2020. 2nd performance - Made in Maryland Concert, Virtual, 12/2021.
2020 - The Energies of Woman, screen dance, electronic. Dance Alabama Film Festival, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa AL. 03/2020. 2nd performance - Modco Dance Film Festival, Atlanta GA, 09/2020. 3rd performance - Frame X Frame Dance Film Festival, Houston TX, 11/2020. 4th performance - Tide Talks, Tuscaloosa Alabama, 02/2021. 4th performance - Black Warrior Film Festival, 03/2021. 5th performance - Lift off Film Festival, Los Angeles CA, 03/2021.
2020 - A.I., Screen dance, electronic. Dance Alabama Film Festival, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa AL, 03/2020.
2020 - Billy the Kid, for Billy Joel’s song “Billy the Kid” orchestrated for chamber orchestra, piano, and singer Dr. Kenneth Mcguire. The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa AL, 03/2020.
2019 - Lecture, “Analysis of Sondheim’s ‘Sunday in the Park with George’ and my own songwriting Technique.” The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa AL, 04/2019
2019 - My State with Kings, solo any solo voice. The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa AL, 03/2019.
2019 - When The Garden Floods, french horn, violin, flute, bass clarinet, and vibraphone. The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa AL, 03/2019
2018 - Flutter Bombs Soundtrack, Complete soundtrack/album for Xbox 1, Playstation 4, and PC video game. Earthborn Interactive, Baltimore MD, 09/2018
2018 - Mageworks Soundtrack, Partial soundtrack for virtual reality Xbox 1 video game. Earthborn Interactive, Baltimore MD, 12/2018.
2018 - Vices, Screen dance, electronic. Dance Alabama Film Festival, The University of Alabama. Tuscaloosa AL. 02/2018.
2017 - The Caucasian Chalk Circle, music for Bertolt Brecht’s epic play. Piano, clarinet, solo/duo/choral voice. Five consecutive performances. The University of Alabama Department of Theatre and Dance, Tuscaloosa AL, 10/2017.
2016 - Lecture, “Passage, an analysis of my work for solo cello.” SCI Region IV Conference, Ball State University, Muncie IA. 11/2017
2015 - Trio for flute, violin, viola, and cello, Reading by Contemporaneous Ensemble. University of New Orleans, New Orleans LA, 03/2015.
2014 - Lecture, “Around the Bend, an analysis of my work for percussion trio.” Tulane University Library Speaker Series. Tulane University, New Orleans LA, 04/2014
2014 - Stream Ensemble, flute, soprano, violin, cello, piano. ANODE Festival, Tulane University, New Orleans LA, 03/2014. 2nd performance - MA Thesis Recital, Tulane University, New Orleans LA, 10/2014. 3rd performance - Foundation for Modern Music, Houston TX, 11/2015.
2014 - That’s a question for my therapist, solo piano. MA Thesis Recital, Tulane University, New Orleans LA. 10/2014.
2014 - Passage, solo cello. MA Thesis Recital, Tulane University, New Orleans LA. 10/2014.
2014 - Vale, flute, viola, cello, and piano. MA Thesis Recital, Tulane University, New Orleans LA, 10/2014.
2014 - Around the Bend, percussion trio, Meridian Trio. Tulane University, New Orleans LA, 02/2014. 2nd performance - UA graduate percussion trio, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa AL, 11/2016.
2013 - Stream, solo flute. Orlando Cela Master Class, Tulane University, New Orleans LA, 02/2013. 2nd performance - MA Thesis Recital, Tulane University, New Orleans LA, 10/2014. 3rd performance - FOCI Arts, Coup d’Oeil Art Consortium, New Orleans LA, 04/2015. 4th performance - SCI National Student Conference, Muncie, IA, 11/2016.
2013 - Elegy, solo viola. Tulane University, New Orleans LA, 04/2013. 2nd performance - MA Thesis Recital, Tulane University, New Orleans LA, 10/2014. 3rd performance - Versipel New Music Collective, New Orleans LA, 2015.
2012 - No. _, for string quartet, performed by the Razvan String Quartet, Tulane University, New Orleans LA.
Catalog of Works
An Instrumental Everything, for flute and stereo playback.
I was waiting to be found, three part multimedia installation for live audience recording, screen dance, stereo playback, alto flute, Bb clarinet, and choreographed and improvised dance.
I am all that is here, and I, Bb clarinet and stereo playback for stage dance.
Beats per minute, stereo playback for stage dance.
Walk as though to wake the earth, alto flute, Bb clarinet, stereo playback.
And here, we keep the most bright things, SATB choir.
I am all that is here, and I, screen dance, stereo playback.
The Misadventures of Fox Girl, voice, piano, banjo, Bb clarinet.
The Things I Wish You Did To Me, voice, piano, banjo, and Bb clarinet.
Dream State, film dance, voice and ensemble.
Drive?, comedy short film, guitar and banjo.
Nothing Comfortable, Nothing Familiar, film dance, voice and stereo playback.
A Shadow of Familiar Sounds, film dance, clarinet and stereo playback.
Just Breathe a Minute, film dance, stereo playback.
Covid, stereo playback.
Episodes, wind quintet.
Fox Nest, SATB choir.
Endlessly Waiting for it to be Over, stereo playback.
Inquiry into the nature of the warm asphalt beneath my feet with lines lining things up, Bb clarinet and stereo playback.
Flutter Bombs Live, chamber orchestra and choir.
Buffalo, solo piano.
My State with Kings, for any solo voice.
When the Garden Floods, bass clarinet, flute, horn, vibraphone, violin.
A.I., film dance, stereo playback.
The Energies of Woman, film dance, stereo playback.
Flutter Bombs Soundtrack, video game (45 minute album), stereo playback.
Mageworks Partial Soundtrack, video game (15 minutes), stereo playback.
Vices, film dance, stereo playback.
The Caucasian Chalk Circle, music for Bertolt Brecht’s epic play (approx. 1 hour of music). Piano, clarinet, solo/duo/choral voice.
Trio for flute, violin, viola, and cello.
Stream Ensemble, flute, soprano, violin, cello, piano.
Stream, solo flute.
That’s a question for my therapist, solo piano.
Around the Bend, percussion trio.
Passage, solo cello.
Vale, flute, viola, cello, and piano.
Elegy, solo viola.
No. _, string quartet.