Chronological | By Ensemble Type

List of Works

scamper (2023, 4’39”)
ambisonic fixed media

An Elemental Music (2022, 12′)
orchestra
picc.2.2.2.2.cbsn – 4.2.3.1 – timp.2perc – pno.hp – str
Commissioned by the La Jolla Symphony & Chorus
First performance: La Jolla Symphony, cond. Michael Gerdes, La Jolla, CA, 18 March 2023
Audio | Video | Score excerpt

Chamber Concerto (2022, 20′)
nine players, electronics
2perc, 2kbd(I=pf), 2vln, vla, vc, db
First performance: Michael Jones, Rebecca Lloyd-Jones, Shaoai Ashley Zhang, Kyle Adam Blair, Ilana Waniuk, Pauline Ng, Alex Taylor, Peter Ko, Matthew Kline, cond. Steven Schick, UC San Diego, 31 May 2022
Audio (excerpt) | Audio (complete) | Score excerpt

Adrift (2021, 12′)
bass flute (doubling piccolo), piano, electronics
Commissioned by Duo Axis
First performance: Duo Axis, Tenri Cultural Institute, New York, 8 May 2022
Audio | Score excerpt

Landscape with Changes (2021)
electroacoustic sound installation
Sample audio (binaural rendering – please listen with headphones)

Three Reflections (2020–21, 15′)
solo piano with synthesizer (one player)
Commissioned by Shaoai Ashley Zhang
First performance: Shaoai Ashley Zhang, UC San Diego, 2 February 2022
Audio | Score excerpt

Music for Car Radios (2020, 38’20”)
stereo fixed media
Audio

Reflection (2020, 1′)
two pianos
Commissioned by HOCKET for #What2020SoundsLike
First performance: HOCKET, online event, 3 August 2020
Video | Score excerpt

Forgotten Song (2020, 5′)
violin, trombone, percussion
Commissioned by the Breckenridge Music Festival
First performance: Breckenridge International Festival of Arts, 18 August 2022
Score excerpt

Cantus (2019, 9’30″)
sixteen players
1(=afl).1(=EH).2(I=Ebcl, II=bcl.cbcl).0 – 2.0.1.0 – perc(2) – pno.kbd – 1.1.1.1.1
Commissioned by Steven Schick for Palimpsest
First performance: Palimpsest, cond. Steven Schick, UC San Diego, 29 January 2020
Audio | Video | Score excerpt

Bloom (2019, 10’30”)
string quartet
Commissioned by the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival
First performance: Flux Quartet, Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival, 2 August 2019
Audio | Score excerpt

Soif (2019, 10’30”)
solo violin
First performance: Miranda Cuckson, UC San Diego, 16 May 2019
Audio | Score excerpt

The Same Wind (2018, 10′)
baritone, six players (fl/picc, tpt, perc, pf, kbd, db), electronics
First performance: Jonathan Nussman, Wilfrido Terrazas, Alexandria Smith, Christopher Clarino, Shaoai Ashley Zhang, Dimitris Paganos Koukakis, Matthew Kline, cond. Steven Schick, UC San Diego, 1 November 2018
Video | Score excerpt

The Sound of the Land (2018, 10′)
soprano, seven players (fl/picc, cl/bcl, perc, pf, vn, vla, vc)
Commissioned by Fondation Royaumont
First performance: Claire Trouilloud/Ensemble Voix Nouvelles, cond. Pierre-André Valade, Abbaye de Royaumont, 7 September 2018

Heel, Skull (2018, 60′, including 20′ solo which may be performed separately)
dance work by Marcos Duran with electroacoustic sound by Alex Stephenson
First performance: Olivia Carter/Marcos Duran/Lily Medofer/Gabby Nathanson/Alex Stephenson, UC San Diego, 24 May 2018

Etude for Royaumont (2017, 4′)
six players (fl/picc, Ebcl, perc, pf, hp, db)
First performance: Ensemble Multilatérale, cond. Léo Warynski, Abbaye de Royaumont, 10 September 2017
Audio

Jeu-Parti (2016, 9′)
piano, electronics
First performance: Wei-Han Wu, Eastman Audio Research Studio, Hatch Recital Hall, Eastman School of Music, Rochester, NY, 9 November 2016
Audio | Score excerpt

Paths and Panels (2016, 12′)
fifteen players
1(=picc).1.1(=bcl).1 – 1.1.1.0 – perc(2) – pno – 1.1.1.1.1
First performance: Composers Conference Faculty Ensemble, cond. James Baker, Wellesley College, 23 July 2016
Audio | Score excerpt

calling, crying (2016, 7′)
mezzo-soprano, string quartet
First performance: Jennifer Beattie/Argus Quartet, New Music on the Point, 18 June 2016
Audio | Video | Score excerpt

Religion (2015, 5′)
vocal ensemble (soprano, mezzo-soprano, countertenor, tenor, baritone, bass)
First performance: EXAUDI Vocal Ensemble, cond. James Weeks, Milton Court (London), 30 March 2015
Audio | Score excerpt

O Clarissima (2015, 8′)
viola, piano
First performance: Waibun Chan/Dylan Perez, Guildhall School of Music & Drama, 18 May 2015
Audio | Score excerpt

In the Silent Dark (2012, 12′)
soprano, clarinet (doubling bass clarinet), piano
First performance: Patrice Michaels/Jack Marquardt/Amy Briggs, cond. Barbara Schubert, University of Chicago, 18 February 2012

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