List of Works

By Ensemble Type | Chronological

Solo & Duo | Chamber | Large Ensemble & Orchestra | Electroacoustic

Solo & Duo

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

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

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

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

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

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

Chamber

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

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

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

The Same Wind (2018, 10′)
baritone, six players (fl/picc, tpt, perc, pno, 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, pno, vn, vla, vc)
Commissioned by Fondation Royaumont
First performance: Claire Trouilloud/Ensemble Voix Nouvelles, cond. Pierre-André Valade, Abbaye de Royaumont, 7 September 2018

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

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

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

Large Ensemble & Orchestra

An Elemental Music (2022, 12′)
orchestra
2.picc.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, Mandeville Auditorium, La Jolla, CA, 18 March 2023
Audio | Video | Score excerpt
* An alternate version is available, which omits harp and adds a third percussionist.

Cantus (2019, 9’30″)
sixteen players
1(=afl).1(=EH).2(I=Ebcl, II=bcl.cbcl).0 – 2.0.1.0 – 2perc – 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

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

Electroacoustic

scamper (2023, 4’39”)
ambisonic fixed media
Audio (binaural rendering – please listen with headphones)
For other decodings of the ambisonic spatialization (stereo, quad, etc.), or for the ambisonic source file, please contact the composer.

Chamber Concerto (2022, 20′)
nine players, electronics
2perc, 2kbd(I=pno), 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)
ambisonic sound installation
Sample audio (binaural rendering – please listen with headphones)

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

The Same Wind (2018, 10′)
baritone, six players (fl/picc, tpt, perc, pno, 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

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