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List of Compositions ● Information Storage and Retrieval, in process ○ commission for Threeform ensemble ○ alto saxophone, prepared piano, drum set and brake drums ● mud runs clear, 2021 ○ electronic sample-based commission for Timothy Daisy’s Imaginary Rooms, Vol. 1 ● Shannon’s Entropy, 2021 ○ electronic sample-based piece for NUNC!4 (Northwestern University New Music Conference) electronic music section, 2021 ● prairie palindromes, 2021 ○ palindrome pieces for solo flute ● untitled index card piece, 2020 ○ duo for Angel Bat Dawid (clarinet), Molly Jones (tenor saxophone) as part of Experimental Sound Studio’s The Quarantine Concert series ● One Line Songs, 2017-2020 ○ Rainy October, 2017 ○ I Don’t Know Why, 2019 ○ Now We Are Here, 2019 ○ It’s Been A Long Winter, 2020 ● Change of State, 2020 ○ BethAnne Kunert and Hannah Hickman, alto saxophones ○ commissioned for North American Saxophone Alliance conference 2020 ● We Reconcile, 2019 ○ duo for Molly Jones (soprano saxophone), Angel Bat Dawid (clarinet) as part of Fulcrum Point New Music’s Discoveries Series in fall 2019 ○ circular score ● Acting on Air, 2019 ○ opera-ballet, with libretto by Kyle Hunter, choreography by Rachael Harbert, animation by Ben Willis, additional words and music by Matt Kirof, and ten performers, 2019 ○ premiered Oct 5-6, 2019 at 333 Midland in Highland Park, MI ○ created for and with Untoward Co. ● Not Even One, 2018 ○ Harriet Padberg’s 1963 algorithms, made into a Python program by Jason Smith, Benjie Genchel, and Richard Savery ○ audio inputs consist of recordings of me saying “The Xenakis Competition has no women judges,” synthesizer, and violin ○ submitted to the Xenakis Competition, super did not win ● Grandparents, 2018* ○ solo saxophone, alto flute, mixing bowls, samples, realtime digital collage, voice ○ Detroit Fringe Festival 2018, Honorable Mention ● Sticker Piece, 2018 ○ A four-sticker composition/sound installation. ○ Green sticker: "sing a favorite childhood song" ○ Yellow sticker: "count down from your age to zero, louder and louder" ○ Larger white sticker with C major melody in 6/8 ○ Pink sticker: "say aloud three wishes" ○ At the bottom of each sticker it says "record yourself, send to [email protected]" ○ Stickers are located in at least eight countries on five continents. ● Untitled structure for 10+ army, 2018 ○ Joe Fee (), John Raleeh (), Ross Huf (), Derek Worthington (trumpet), Neal Anderson (trumpet), Dan Bennett (saxophones), Rafael Statin (saxophones), Eric Schweizer (saxophones), Kaleigh Wilder (saxophones), Marcus Elliot (saxophones), Jake Shadik (saxophones), Molly Jones (saxophones) ○ extremely sparse, pointillistic textures build over 20 minutes into frantic free-for-all that sustains for a minute or two then gets cut of ● Robot Karen and the Voodoo Doll, 2018* ○ voice, megaphone, and feedback ● Afer Heaven Static, 2018* ○ tenor saxophone, electronics and samples, screenshot video collage ● Deep Winter, 2017 ○ duo miniatures for flute and violin, for fiddler Susie Lorand ○ "how ironic that the water protectors are sprayed with hoses" ○ "nest feathers" ○ "the politest people in the world (are the people in line at the library door at 9 AM)" ○ "ice like mirrors forever and ever" ○ "it goes in and it comes out the other side, or, car wash man you'll catch your death" ● Let Go, 2017 ○ electronic playback ● Micro Liths, 2017 ◦ 14 miniature pieces, all one minute or shorter, dedicated to fourteen people ○ ◦ for septet originally (three bass, three horn, drums) or unspecified instrumentation ● surprise card pieces, 2017 ○ Derek Worthington (trumpet), Ben Willis (bass), and Molly Jones (reeds) ○ feed each other instructions written on cards while playing ● Simple Gifs, 2016* ○ soprano saxophone, electronic samples w/ foot controller, screenshot video collage ● Harmonic Structures 1 + 2, 2016* ○ any solo instrument ● The Monster Who Steals Stories, 2016 ○ two pitched melody instruments and bass ● The Past, 2016 ○ soprano saxophone, accordion, electronics, b&w super 8mm film ○ circular score ● Song from the Road, 2016 ○ tenor saxophone, bass ○ transcribed from the quarter-tone song emanating from my tires while driving across Nebraska ● Everything I Love Is the Sun, 2016 ○ large conduction ensemble ● Conduction #4, 2016 ○ large conduction ensemble ○ commissioned by Verdant Vibes for 2016-2017 season ● 97542, 2016 ○ improvisation game ○ any ensemble of four or more ● cinnamon rag doll, 2016* ○ voice and megaphone ● Chairfactory Road, 2016 ○ any ensemble or solo pitched instrument ○ recorded as part of Microliths album 2017 ● Root, 2016 ○ any ensemble of two or more pitched instruments ● Building Together, 2016 ○ commissioned by Polyfold ensemble ● Spinnia, 2016 ○ violin, cello, alto saxophone, bass clarinet, piano, and marimba ● Selenic Folk Song, 2016 ○ tenor saxophone, prepared piano, composed with Elizabeth Erickson ● things that come back, 2016 ○ any jazz ensemble ● Two Body Problem, 2016 ○ interactive electronics, tap dancer, megaphone ● On the scene, 2016 ○ tenor saxophone, piano, and six speaking voices ○ an efigy of annoying phrases used by jazz musicians ● Doxology, 2015 ○ interactive electronics, tap dancer, voice samples ● Water, 2015* ○ electronics, bamboo flute ○ recordings of Detroit water department oficials commenting on water shutofs ● Big Daddy Garlic, 2015 ○ violin, flute, alto flute, bass clarinet ● Trading Birds, 2015 ○ flute, piano, soprano voice ● line dash space dash line, 2015 ○ an ensemble of speaking voices ● 1q1q, 2015 ○ tenor saxophone and piano ○ also arranged for three-bass septet ● rain buddy, 2015 ○ jazz combo with vocalist ● Polytopia, 2015 ○ for Polyfold ensemble ● Retrofuturism, 2014 ○ any improvising ensemble ● Penguin in the Driveway, 2014 ○ any septet of pitched instruments, preferably with at least one low-pitched instrument ● Baroque Tantrum, 2014 ○ violin, tenor saxophone, piano, guitar, and bass ● small saints, 2014 ○ violin, piano ● The Mother Is Infinitely Strong, 2013 ○ flute, soprano saxophone, alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone, two , , cello, bass, electric guitar, and drums ○ a setting of the poem "Girl" by Jamaica Kincaid ● Untitled suite of quartets, 2013 ○ flute, tenor saxophone or trumpet, accordion, and cello ● Untitled flute duet, 2013 ● Untitled piece for alto flute, 2013 ● Untitled three line tune for jazz combo, 2013 ● Sgt. Giggles, 2012 ○ soprano, alto, tenor, and baritone saxophones, trumpet, trombone, tuba, bass, and drums ○ written for Arbor Composers' Collective ● untitled for eleven musicians, 2012 ○ flute, alto, tenor, and baritone saxophones, two trumpets, tuba, cello, guitar, bass, and drums ○ written for Arbor Composers' Collective ● Frog Planet Frolic, 2012 ○ soprano, alto, and tenor saxophones, bass clarinet, two trumpets, tuba, cello, guitar, bass, and drums ○ for Arbor Composers' Collective ● Circus Band Music, 2011 ○ violin, alto saxophone, trumpet, trombone, tuba, bass, and drums ● Quiet Fight, 2011 ○ soprano saxophone, trumpet, trombone ● Olbers' Black Sky Paradox, 2010 ○ any jazz combo ● The Cartographer's Dilemma, 2010 ○ any jazz combo ● Meridian Away, 2010 ○ any jazz combo ● Drunk Cloud March, 2010 ○ any multi-horn jazz combo ● Untitled vocal explorations 1-8, 2009 ○ jazz quintet and vocalist ● The Many Untimely Deaths of a Tightrope Walker, 2009 ○ piano ● Rusty Bells, 2009 ○ piano ● Helen's Stride, 2009 ○ any jazz combo ● Blues for Erin, 2009 ○ any jazz combo ● Cream of Teak, 2007 ○ any multi-horn jazz combo ● ● *part of my solo music/video set Afer Heaven Static