Education
2015 Yale University | School of Music | M.M. Composition | Teachers: Martin Bresnick, Aaron Kernis, David Lang, Hannah Lash
2013 Cleveland Institute of Music | B.M. Composition | Academic Honors | Teacher: Keith Fitch | Masterclasses: Steven Stucky, Augusta Read Thomas
Selected Performances/Recordings
2021 Trace (2020.4) Cello Solo | Premiered August 4 2021 | Trace Johnson, cello | Art Lit Lab | Madison
2020 Stomping Out Loud (2020.2) String Orchestra | Premiered February 6 2020 | St. Martin de Porres Academy String Orchestra | Yale Architecture Gallery | New Haven
Commissioned by the Yale School of Architecture as part of garden—pleasure
2020 garden—pleasure (2020.1) Soprano Voice, Flute, Vibraphone, Violin, Bass, Steel Pan Ensemble | Premiered February 1 2020 | Molly Netter, soprano; Yale Contemporary Players; St. Lukes Steel Band | Yale Architecture Gallery | New Haven
Commissioned by the Yale School of Architecture as part of garden—pleasure
2017 Distill (2017.1) Saxophone Orchestra | December 9 2017 | Megalopolis Saxophone Orchestra, Andrew Steinberg, conductor | DiMenna Center for Classical Music | New York
Commissioned by Andrew Steinberg and The Megalopolis Saxophone Orchestra
2017 Distill (2017.1) Saxophone Orchestra | Premiered November 11 2017 | Megalopolis Saxophone Orchestra, Andrew Steinberg, conductor | Dana Hall School of Music | Wellesley
2017 pulse (2016.1) Chamber Orchestra | October 25 2017 | Vertex Ensemble, Ismael Sandoval, conductor | Boston Conservatory | Boston
Commissioned by Ransom Wilson and Le Train Bleu
2016 pulse (2016.1) Chamber Orchestra | Premiered April 20 2016 | Le Train Bleu, Ransom Wilson, conductor | National Sawdust | Brooklyn
2016 (but I dream in many places) (2014.7) Orchestra | April 15 2016 | Purchase Symphony Orchestra, Ransom Wilson, conductor | Performing Arts Center | Purchase
2016 Enlaced (2015.3), Flute and Bassoon | Premiered February 25 2016 | Avant Garden | Houston | Toured Richmond, New York, Boston, Cleveland, Oberlin
Commissioned by Second Species | Hannah Hammel and Ben Rodi-Ward
2015 (but I dream in many places) (2014.7) Orchestra | August 9 2015 | New York State Summer School of the Arts Orchestra, Ransom Wilson, conductor | Skidmore College | Saratoga Springs
2015 Steilacoom (2015.2) Piano Trio | Premiered July 30 2015 | Li-Mei Liang, violin, Patty Ryan, cello; Aiden Boase, piano | Norfolk Chamber Music Festival | Norfolk
Commissioned by the Baumgardner Fellowship of the Norfolk Chamber Music Festival
2014 (but I dream in many places) (2014.7) Orchestra | Premiered December 11 2014 | Yale Philharmonia, HeeJung Park, conductor | Woolsey Hall | New Haven
2014 Air (2012.2) Oboe, Clarinet, and Bassoon | Released August 12 2014 on Excelsior by Fifth House Ensemble | Cedille Records CDR 90000 148
Commissioned by the Fresh Inc. Festival for Fifth House Ensemble
2013 Air (2012.2) Oboe, Clarinet, and Bassoon | May 5, 9, 10, 16, 2013 | Fifth House Ensemble | Cultural Center | Chicago
2012 Dig (2012.3) Clarinet, Alto Saxophone, Percussion, Piano, Violin, and Cello | Premiered June 2012 | Fifth House Ensemble and Latitude 49 | Ravinia Festival | Highland Park
Commissioned by the Fresh Inc. Festival for Fifth House Ensemble and Latitude 49
2012 Air (2012.2) Oboe, Clarinet, and Bassoon | Premiered June 17 2012 | Fifth House Ensemble | University of Wisconsin Parkside | Kenosha
2012 Wanderings (2011.1) Chamber Orchestra | Premiered April 5 2012 | Cleveland Chamber Symphony, Steve Smith, conductor | The Music Settlement | Cleveland
Fellowships/Prizes/Residencies/Academic Awards
2018 Residency | Avaloch Farm Music Institute
2015 Baumgardner Fellowship | Norfolk Chamber Music Festival
2015 John D. Jackson Prize | Best Work Featuring Strings | Yale School of Music
2014 Fellowship | Chamber Music Institute | University of Lincoln, NE
2014 John D. Jackson Scholarship | Yale School of Music
2014 Bradley-Keeler Scholarship and Fellowship | Yale School of Music
2013 Irving S. Gilmore Scholarship and Fellowship | Yale School of Music
2013 Donald Erb Prize | Excellence in Composition | Cleveland Institute of Music
2012 Young and Emerging Composers Opportunity | Cleveland Chamber Symphony
2011 Fresh Inc. Festival | Kenosha, WI | Studies with David Rakowski and Stacy Garrop
2010 Morton Gould Young Composer Award | ASCAP
2010 California Summer Music | Sonoma, CA | Studies with David Tcimpidis
2009-13 Merit Scholar | Cleveland Institute of Music