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Selected Works & Performances

ORCHESTRA

Dark Sand, Sifting Light (2014) for | 9 minutes - New York Premiere: The , Alan Gilbert, conductor; June 5, 2014 at Avery Fisher Hall, New York, NY - World Premiere: The USC Thornton Symphony, Donald Crockett, conductor; February 27, 2014 at Bovard Auditorium, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA

OPERA

Sylvia (2013 revision) A chamber opera for four singers, /alto saxophone, & | 50 minutes Libretto by Julia Adolphe - Premiere (concert version): Eric Guinivan, conductor; Maureen Hustkey, director; Sophie Wingland, soprano; Jessica Mirshak, mezzo-soprano; Thomas Leighton, tenor; Mario Diaz- Moresco, baritone; John Lowery, clarinet/alto saxophone; Mariel Roberts, cello; Ada Jeon, piano; March 21, 22 & 23, 2013 at Bargemusic, Fulton Ferry Landing, Brooklyn, NY

Sylvia (2012) A chamber opera for four singers, flute, clarinet, alto saxophone, percussion, , & cello | 50 minutes Libretto by Julia Adolphe - Workshop: Julia Adolphe & Lester Grant, producers, Eric Guinivan, conductor; Maureen Huskey, director; Sophie Wingland, soprano, Jessica Mirshak, mezzo-soprano, Matthew Miles, tenor; Mario Diaz-Moresco, baritone, Mira Magrill, flute/alto flute; Jonas Losciale, clarinet/, Laura Kramer, alto saxophone; David Werfelmann, percussion; Sakura Tsai, violin; Deanna Lynn, viola; Lars Hoefs, cello; April 14 & 15, 2012 at the Lost Studio Theatre, Los Angeles, CA - Concert Performance (excerpt): April 22, 2012 at the Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust, Los Angeles, CA

CHAMBER ENSEMBLE & SOLO INSTRUMENT

Nine Lives (2014) for flute, , clarinet, violin & cello | 17 minutes Commissioned by Pikes Falls Chamber Music Festival & Inscape Chamber Orchestra - Premiere: Richard Scerbo, conductor; Susanna Loewy, piccolo/flute/alto flute; Bethany Slater, oboe/english horn; Evan Solomon, clarinet/bass clarinet, Sarah D’Angelo, violin; Julia Biber, cello; August 1, 2014 at Pikes Falls Chamber Music Festival, Jamaica Town Hall, Jamaica, VT

Veil of Leaves (2014) for | 8 minutes - Premiere: Christopher Otto, violin I; Leah Marie Kettlekamp, violin II; Samantha Chestney, viola; Kevin McFarland, cello; June 14, 2014 at Middlebury Town Hall Theater, Middlebury, VT 2

Wordless Creatures (2013) for chamber ensemble | 12 minutes Re-orchestration commissioned by Inscape Chamber Orchestra for their album American Aggregate recorded by Sono Luminus with a release date of August 2014 - Premiere: Inscape Chamber Orchestra; Richard Scerbo, conductor; Susanna Loewy, flute/alto flute; Evan Solomon, clarinet/bass clarinet; Brandon Almagro, trumpet; Eric Plewinski, percussion; Cara Fleck, harp; Timothy McReynolds, piano; Sarah D’Angelo, violin; Douglas Jameson, cello; David George, bass; May 18, 2014 at the Episcopal Church of the Redeemer, Bethesda, MD

Commissioned by Mak Grgic (original version) - Premiere: The USC Thornton Contemporary Music Ensemble; Donald Crockett, conductor; Mak Grgic, guitar; Eric Jacobs, clarinet; Matt McConnell, trumpet; Elizabeth Kosko, percussion; Clara Kim, violin; Harish Kumar, bass; March 6, 2013 at Newman Hall, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA

Paper Vines (2013) for string quartet | 4 minutes - U.S. Premiere: Sylvanus Ensemble; March 9, 2014 at the 2014 Women Composers Festival of Hartford, Hartford, CT - World Premiere: Quartetto Euridice; July 24, 2013 at Santa Maria del Carmine, Pavia, Italy

I Felt a Cleaving (2011) for soprano, mezzo-soprano, flute, oboe, bass clarinet & piano | 5 minutes Text by Emily Dickinson Commissioned by Grace Chung - East Coast Premiere: The Great Noise Ensemble; Armando Bayolo, conductor; Lisa Perry, soprano; Sonya Alexandra Knussen, mezzo-soprano; January 21, 2012 at the Catholic University of America, Washington D.C. - World Premiere: Eric Guinivan, conductor; Jessica Kluck, soprano, Shabnam Kalbasi, mezzo- soprano; Lauren Osaka, flute; Trey Farrell, oboe; Carmen Izzo, bass clarinet; Grace Chung, piano

Between the Accidental (2010) for string quartet | 6 minutes - The Fiato Quartet; May 4, 2014 at the Hear Now Music Festival, First Lutheran Church of Venice, Los Angeles, CA - Premiere: James McFadden-Talbot, violin I; Michelle Black, violin II; Nathan Yamamoto, viola; Nicholas Bollinger, cello; November 7, 2010 at Newman Hall, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA

White Flag (2009) for solo cello | 4 minutes - West Coast Premiere: Fredéric Rosselet, cello; June 21, 2014 at the What’s Next? Ensemble’s LA Composers Project, Art Share-LA, Los Angeles, CA - Susanna Mendlow, cello; May 4, 2014 at SUNY Stony Brook, NY - New York Premiere: Susanna Mendlow; November 23, 2013 at the Nouveau Classical Project, Spectrum, New York, NY - World Premiere: Avery Waite, cello; August 1, 2009 at the Artists of Tomorrow Concert Series, Studzinski Hall, Bowdoin International Music Festival, Brunswick, ME

3 He Disappeared into Complete Silence (2008) for soprano, flute, clarinet, bassoon & percussion | 15 minutes A setting of nine parables & engravings by Louise Bourgeois - Jonathan Bautista, conductor; Erin Winker, soprano; Rachel Harewood, flute; Matthew M. Maris, clarinet; Sarah Furnish, bassoon; Evan Peltier, percussion; May 3, 2009 at Barnes Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY

VOCAL MUSIC & CHORAL WORKS

To Dissolve (2012) for tenor & piano | 3 minutes Text by Elizabeth Cantwell - Premiere: Matthew Miles, tenor; Lisa Sylvester, piano; May 3, 2012 at Jeanette MacDonald Recital Hall, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA; May 3, 2012

Noon, Not a Sound (2012) for mezzo-soprano & piano | 4 minutes Text by Chrisopher Santiago - Premiere: Victoria Fox, mezzo-soprano; Lisa Sylvester, piano; March 23, 2012 at Boston Court Performing Arts Center, Pasadena, CA

“Sculpture Aria” from Sylvia (2011) for soprano & cello | 4 minutes Text by Julia Adolphe - Sophie Wingland, soprano; Sunny Yang, cello; June 2012 at SongFest, Thayer Hall, The Colburn School, Los Angeles, CA - New York Premiere: Sarina Zhang, cello & Serafim Smigelskiy, cello; February 5, 2012 at The Juilliard School, New York, NY - Sophie Wingland & Michael Kaufman, cello; December 12, 2011 at Space A Gallery, Los Angeles, CA - Katherine Sanford, soprano & Pierre Derycz, cello; December 3, 2011 at Kerrytown Concert House, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI - Sophie Wingland & Stella Cho, cello; November 6, 2011 at Newman Hall, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA - U.S. Premiere: Sophie Wingland & Stella Cho; October 11, 2011 at Newman Hall, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA - World Premiere: Julia Adolphe, soprano & Natalia Costiuc, cello; July 6, 2011 at the Neue Synagogue, Berlin, Germany

I Wish it Were T. S. Eliot (2009) for tenor & piano | 3 minutes Commissioned by Dr. Neal Zaslaw Text by Julia Adolphe - Zachary Wadsworth, tenor; Daniel Anastassio; May 9, 2010 at Barnes Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY - World Premiere: Zachary Wadsworth, Catharine Likhuta, piano; May 1, 2009 at Lincoln Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY

Sheep in Fog (2009) for SSAA a cappella chorus | 3 minutes Text by Sylvia Plath - The Cornell University Chorus; Scott Tucker, conductor; John Rhowel, assistant conductor; Spring 2010 Tour 4 o March 30 at Sage Chapel, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY o March 26 at Blacksburg Presbyterian Church, Blacksburg, VA o March 24 at the Circular Congregational Church, Charleston, SC o March 23 at the Kirk of Kildaire Presbyterian Church, Cary NC o March 22 at Jones Chapel, Meredith College, Raleigh, NC o March 21 at First Baptist Church, Richmond, VA o March 20 at St. George’s Episcopal Church, Fredericksburg, VA - World Premiere: October 31, 2009 at Sage Chapel, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY

If Only She (2008) for mezzo-soprano & piano | 3 minutes Text by Julia Adolphe - West Coast Premiere: Julia Adolphe, mezzo-soprano; Irene Gregorio, piano; December 3, 2010 at United University Church, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA - Julia Adolphe; Daniel Anastassio, piano; May 9, 2010 at Barnes Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY - U.S. Premiere: Jill McCoy, mezzo-soprano, Daniel Anastassio; November 10, 2008 at Barnes Hall, Ithaca, NY - World Premiere: Julia Adolphe; Philippa Neuteboom, piano; July 31, 2008 at Salle Cortot, Paris, France