Compositions

I recently had the amazing opportunity to have my original work, "Dead Man's Gambit," read and recorded by the Manhattan School of Music Studio Jazz Reading Orchestra! "Dead Man's Gambit" is based on a narrative trope (which I gave a slightly cooler name) in which a character knows they're going to die, but manipulates the circumstances of their death to benefit themselves or their cause. The piece is divided into 6 sections, one for each of the 5 traditional stages of grief, and then the final section devoted to our character's death. This piece features Chris Ferrari on tenor saxophone and Austin Ford on trumpet. The MSM Studio Jazz Orchestra is conducted by Professor Matt Holman.

This is a recording of my original Saxophone Quartet, “Stargazer” performed by James Madison University students on my senior composition recital from 2021. The piece follows a journey through space in 4 movements, “Vast Expanse,” “Blueshift,” “Albedo,” and “Pale Blue Dot.”

This is a recording of my original Brass Quintet piece, “Fantasy on an English Folk Song.” The theme from Fantasy on an English Folk Song comes from a folk tune called “Oak and Ash and Thorn,” a song adapted from Rudyard Kipling’s poem A Tree Song. The poem was later set to music by English folk singer Peter Bellamy in 1970, where this theme originates.

Recording of the third piece off my senior composition recital, my miniatures for upright bass and guitar titled "Entomology.” Performed by Jonah Barnett (Guitar) and Cole Sheffer (Bass).

Recording of the second piece off my senior composition recital, my miniatures for solo mandolin titled "Mountain Music," performed by Jonah Barnett.