Larger Groups (5+)

  • for chamber ensemble (flute, clarinet, horn, percussion, 2 violin, viola, cello, double bass)

    inspired by the Mexican folk song “Cielito Lindo” (and the expression ¡cielos!)

    2nd place Asia/America New Music Institute “Passing the Torch” competition; premiere canceled due to COVID-19

  • for double string quartet (3 movements)

    inspired by China Miéville’s novel

    premiere: May 2012 in Cambridge, MA

  • for violin, viola, cello, clarinet, and flute

    written for the Talea Ensemble (New York, NY)

    premiere: Nov 2011 by the Talea Ensemble in the Adams Pool Theater (Cambridge, MA)

    selected for Rossi Fest 2022 in Belgrade, Serbia; performance Jan 2022

Quartets (strings and otherwise)

  • written for the Talea Ensemble on the occasion of the 2014 Harvard Summer Composition Institute

    premiere: August 2014 by the Talea Ensemble in Paine Hall (Cambridge, MA) as part of the Harvard Summer Composition Institute

  • commissioned by the Mozart Society Orchestra (Sam Wu and Sean Rodan, conducting)

    premiere: 23 April 2016 by Sumire Hirotsuru, Natalie Hodges, Christine Hong, and Cecilia Yao in Paine Hall (Cambridge, MA) in conjunction with the Mozart Society Orchestra

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Doxology

(2014, 6’)

for violin, viola, cello, and clarinet

written for the Talea Ensemble on the occasion of the 2014 Harvard Summer Composition Institute

premiere: August 2014 by the Talea Ensemble in Paine Hall (Cambridge, MA) as part of the Harvard Summer Composition Institute

commissioned by the Mozart Society Orchestra (Sam Wu and Sean Rodan, conducting)

premiere: 23 April 2016 by Sumire Hirotsuru, Natalie Hodges, Christine Hong, and Cecilia Yao in Paine Hall (Cambridge, MA) in conjunction with the Mozart Society Orchestra

Equinox

(2016, 3’)

for string quartet

Hyperloop

(2021, 2’)

a series of short pieces highlighting recently extinct animals

  1. Cape Verde Giant Skink – tbn (2017, 1’)

  2. Pinta Island Turtle – ob, hn, pno (2017, 3’)

  3. Formosan Clouded Leopard — cl, pno (2019, 2’)

    • premiered Nov 2019 in Adams House

  4. Pyrenean Ibex — fl, vln, cl, pno (2020, 3’)

    • premiered Apr 2021 as part of Eureka Ensemble’s “Rising Tides” program

Impossible Safari

(2017-)

for string quartet

recorded by the Chiara String Quartet, November 2010

premiere: March 2012 in Tsai Auditorium (Cambridge, MA) as part of the ARTS @ David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies (DRCLAS) Spring Music Concert Series

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Nora and Reshma's Magical Tandem Bike Ride

(2010, 2'15")

Postlude

(2013, 7’-9’)

for clarinet, cello, and piano

written for the Callithumpian Consort (Boston, MA)

premiere: February 2013 by the Callithumpian Consort in Paine Hall (Cambridge, MA)

A Quarky Collection, for violin solo (2014)

Saudade, for voice, cello, and two pianos (2010, 2'-2'30")

Sin Tregua, for string quartet (2010/11, 2'30"/3')

recorded by the Chiara Quartet 2010

premiered March 2011 by the Redline String Quartet in Paine Hall (Cambridge, MA)

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Skenando, for alto saxophone and piano (2013, 5'30")

written for Cody Weavil

 

"They came first...", for violin, viola, cello, clarinet, and flute (2011, 6')

written for the Talea Ensemble (New York, NY)

premiered November 2011 by the Talea Ensemble in the Adams Pool Theater (Cambridge, MA)