OMPOSER IANIST DUCATOR S EAN FRIAR C /P / E

2620 E GLENOAKS BLVD, GLENDALE, CA 91206 +1 (310) 795-4012 | [email protected] | www.seanfriar.com EDUCATION Princeton University 2007–2012 Ph.D. in Music Composition (2017). M.F.A. in Music Composition (2009). Harold W. Dodds Honorific Fellow, Roger Sessions Fellow. Dissertation: Hybrid Music in Theory and Practice. Adviser: Dmitri Tymoczko. University of California, Los Angeles 2003–2007 B.A. Music, B.A. Psychology. Regents Scholar. Summa cum laude. 3.97 GPA.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE University of Southern California, Thornton School of Music 2013-present Assistant Professor of Practice in Composition and Analysis 2017-present Director of Graduate Program in Theory and Analysis (beg. Fall 2019) Senior Lecturer of Composition 2015-2017 Adjunct Assistant Professor of Composition 2013-2015

COURSES TAUGHT (Grad=graduate course, UG=undergraduate course) MUCO 590/790: Directed Research (Grad) MUCO 536/636: Advanced Orchestration I and II (Grad) MUCO 592: Special Topics: Large-Scale Form (Grad) MUCO 574: Contemporary Approaches to the Analysis of Tonal Music (Grad) MUCO 573: 20th/21st-Century Counterpoint (Grad) MUCO 572: Special Topics in Analysis – Spectral Music (Grad) MUCO 572: Special Topics in Analysis – Genre in Contemporary Music (Grad) MUCO 537/637/737: Individual Instruction in Composition (Grad) MUCO 521: Individual Instruction in Graduate Composition for Non-Majors (Grad) MUCO 502: Post-Tonal Analysis (Grad) MUCO 434: Analytical Techniques (UG) MUCO 339: Orchestration Review (Grad) MUSC 371g: GENERAL EDUCATION: Genre in Contemporary Music (UG) MUCO 300: Theory Review (Grad) MUCO 236/336/436: Orchestration I, II, and III (UG) MUCO 137AB/237AB/337AB/437: Composition I, II, III, and IV (UG)

SERVICE (U = Service to University, T = Service to Thornton School of Music) Director of the Graduate Program in Music Theory and Analysis (T) Fall 2019 Joint Academic Senate/Provost Committee on Teaching and Academic Programs (U) 2018-present Academic Senate RTPC Faculty Affairs Committee (U) 2018-present Thornton Curriculum Committee (T) 2015-present Search Committee member – Lecturers in Music Theory and Electronic Music (T) 2018 Thornton Merit Review Committee (RTPC Full-time Teaching Faculty) (T) 2018 Created Electronic Music Studio for Composition students (T) 2017-18 Faculty Advisor, Los Angeles Emerging Artists Festival (T) 2017-present Doctoral Academic Admission Exam Committee (T) 2016-present DMA Advisor – For students in Composition, Jazz, and Performance (T) 2015-present Composition Admissions – Undergrad/Graduate application review/interviews (T) 2015-present

Sunset ChamberFest (Los Angeles, CA), Director of Composition Program 2014-present Summer program for composers aged 14-20. Students attend lessons and lectures and have works workshopped/premiered/recorded by professional musicians. Students have gone onto top programs including Harvard, USC, and Oberlin.

University of California, Los Angeles, Lecturer in Composition 2012-2015 COURSES TAUGHT (Grad=graduate course, UG=undergraduate course) MUSIC 253: Special Topics: Spectral Music (Grad) MUSIC 124A: Scoring for Symphony Orchestra (UG) MUSIC 123ABC: Composition: Individual Instruction (UG) MUSIC 120ABC: Music Theory IV, V, VI. Year 2/2 of theory for Music majors. (UG) MUSIC 20ABC: Music Theory I, II, III. Year 1/2 of theory for Music majors. (UG)

SERVICE Undergraduate and Graduate Composition Admissions

Colburn School and Conservatory of Music, Lecturer 2014-2015 COURSES TAUGHT Adult Studies: Music Theory

Princeton University, Preceptor in Music Theory 2008-2011 COURSES TAUGHT MUSIC 105, 106: Music Theory I, II – Assisting Dmitri Tymoczko. MUSIC 106: Music Theory II – Assisting Scott Burnham. Composition: Individual Instruction – Lessons undergraduates in composition.

ADDITIONAL STUDIES, COURSES, AND FESTIVALS La Pietra Forum for New Music (Florence, Italy) – Study with Georg Friedrich Haas. 2012 GAUDEAMUS Muziekweek (Utrecht, Netherlands) – Invited composer. 2011 International Young Composers Meeting (Apeldoorn, Netherlands) – Study with Louis 2010 Andriessen, Richard Ayres, Martijn Padding, and Michael Smetanin. Aspen Music Festival: Individual Studies (Aspen, CO) – Study with George Tsontakis. 2010 Aspen Music Festival: Composition Master Class (Aspen, CO) – Study with Christopher 2009 Rouse and John Harbison. Bang on a Can Summer Music Festival (North Adams, MA) – Study with David Lang, 2008 Julia Wolfe, and Michael Gordon. Bowdoin Music Festival (Brunswick, ME) – Study with Robert Beaser and Roberto Sierra. 2007 Yale School of Music Norfolk Chamber Music Festival (Norfolk, CT) – Study with 2006 Martin Bresnick and Alejandro Viñao.

RESIDENCIES AND GUEST TEACHING/LECTURES/MASTERCLASSES HEAR NOW Festival (Los Angeles, CA) – Featured composer. 2018 Sunset Chamber Fest (Los Angeles, CA) – Composition faculty. Lecture on my music. 2018 Face the Music, Kaufman Center (New York, NY) – Featured composer and coaching. 2018 Sunset Chamber Fest (Los Angeles, CA) – Composition faculty. Lecture on my music. 2017

University of Southern California – Lecture on my music. 2017 University of California, Los Angeles – Lecture on my music. 2017 Eastman School of Music (Rochester, NY) – Guest composer. 2017 Open Space Festival of New Music (Greeley, CO) – Composer-in-residence. Lecture on 2016 my music and composition masterclass. Los Angeles Philharmonic Composer Fellowship Program (Los Angeles, CA) – 2016 Masterclass and composition lessons. Bennington Chamber Music Conference (Bennington, VT) – Composition faculty. 2016 Sunset Chamber Fest (Los Angeles, CA) – Composition faculty. Lecture on my music. 2016 Chapman University (Orange, CA) – Lecture on my music. 2015 Los Angeles Philharmonic Next on Grand – Lessons and masterclass. 2015 Los Angeles Philharmonic Green Umbrella – Preconcert panel discussion. 2015 Los Angeles Philharmonic Upbeat Live: The Symphony in the 21st Century – Lecture. 2015 Carlsbad Music Festival (Carlsbad, CA) – Composer-in-residence. 2015 Sunset Chamber Fest (Los Angeles, CA) – Composer-in-residence. 2014 HEAR NOW Festival (Los Angeles, CA) – Featured composer. 2014 Eureka Graduate Composers Conference (Santa Cruz, CA) – Keynote speaker. 2014 New World Symphony (Miami, FL) – Composer-in-residence. 2013 Cresc Biennale (Frankfurt, Germany) – Composer-in-residence. 2013 California State University, Long Beach – Lecture on my music. 2013 San Francisco Conservatory – Lecture on my music. 2013 University of Southern California (Los Angeles, CA) (x2) – Lecture on my music. 2013 Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music (Santa Cruz, CA) – Composer-in-residence. 2013 Composition masterclass and panel discussion with conducting workshop. Wild Shore Festival of New Music (Homer, AK) – Composer-in-residence. Masterclass. 2013 Present Music (Milwaukee, WI) – Composer-in-residence. Lecture on my music. 2013 Staten Island Middle School (Staten Island, NY) – Lecture of contemporary music. 2012 La Pietra Forum for New Music (Florence, Italy) – Lecture on my music. 2012 Musical Chairs Chamber Ensemble (New York, NY) – Composer-in-residence. 2012-2013 Venice Biennale (Venice, Italy) – Featured composer. 2012 Music: Cognition, Technology, Society (Cornell University, NY) – Featured composer. 2012 Radialmusic at Berliner Philharmonie (Berlin, Germany) – Featured composer. 2012 Queens New Music Festival (New York, New York) – Featured composer. 2012 Nuova Consonanza (Rome, Italy) – Featured composer. 2011 Nuovi Spazi Musicali (Rome, Italy) – Featured composer. 2011 American Academy in Rome (Rome, Italy) – Rome Prize Fellow. Lecture on my music. 2011–2012 Roma Tre University (Rome, Italy) – Lecture on 20th century American music. 2011 Nuovi Spazi Musicali (Rome, Italy) – Featured composer. 2011 SONiC Festival: Sounds of a New Century (New York, NY) – Featured composer. 2011 GAUDEAMUS Muziekweek (Utrecht, Netherlands) – Invited composer. 2011 American Composers Orchestra: Playing it UNsafe (New York, NY) – Season-long 2010–2011 initiative supporting the creation of a “cutting-edge” new work for orchestra. New York Youth Symphony – Chamber music coaching. 2010 Copland House (Cortlandt Manor, NY) – Private residency at Aaron Copland’s estate. 2009–2010 American Composers Orchestra/Penn Presents New Music Lab (Philadelphia, PA) 2009 University of California, Los Angeles (x3) – Lecture on my music. 2007-2010

SELECTED PROFESSIONAL AWARDS/GRANTS/FELLOWSHIPS Aaron Copland Fund for Music Recording Grant for American Composers Orchestra. 2014 Fromm Music Foundation Commission (Harvard University) with NOW Ensemble. 2013 MetLife Creative Connections Grant (New Music USA) with Present Music 2013 Composer Assistance Grant (New Music USA) for Clunker Concerto. 2013 MetLife Creative Connections Grant (New Music USA) with Musical Chairs Ensemble. 2012 Chamber Music America Classical Commissioning Grant for Line C3 Percussion. 2012 Charles Ives Scholarship (The American Academy of Arts and Letters) 2012 Samuel Barber Rome Prize Fellowship (The American Academy in Rome) 2011 GAUDEAMUS Prize, Finalist for Velvet Hammer. 2011 ASCAP Morton Gould Young Composer Award for Velvet Hammer. 2011 Renee B. Fisher Composer Award (Renee B. Fisher Piano Competition) 2011 Harvey Gaul Composition Prize, Runner-up (Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble) 2011 Finale/Eighth Blackbird National Composition Contest, Honorable Mention 2011 First Music Award (New York Youth Symphony) 2010 Aaron Copland Award (Copland House Foundation) 2009 ASCAP Morton Gould Young Composer Award for Little Green Pop. 2009 Susan & Ford Schumann Fellowship (Aspen Music Festival) 2009 Lee Ettelson Composer’s Award (Composers, Inc.) for Hell-Bent. 2008 ASCAP Morton Gould Young Composer Award for Elastic Loops. 2008 Bang on a Can Summer Institute Fellowship (ASCAP Foundation) 2008 Hawaii Institute for Contemporary Music Competition, Grand Prize for Elastic Loops. 2008 ASCAP Morton Gould Young Composer Award for Hell-Bent. 2007 SCI/ASCAP Composition Competition, 1st Place (Region VIII) for Bad Wiring. 2007

ACADEMIC AWARDS/GRANTS/FELLOWSHIPS Faculty Professional Travel Grant (USC) 2017 Non-Senate Faculty Professional Development Award (UCLA) 2015 Harold W. Dodds Honorific Fellowship, Princeton University – Competitive 2010–2011 fellowship awarded to graduate student displaying “the highest scholarly excellence and professional promise.” Annually awarded to 7 graduate students from all disciplines. Music Department Grant (Princeton University) – For Clunker Concerto. 2010 Roger Sessions Fellowship (Princeton University) – Doctoral fellowship in Music. 2007–2011 Perkins Prize (Princeton University) – Award to entering doctoral student. 2007 Lalo Schifrin Scholarship (UCLA) – Award given to an outstanding undergraduate. 2006 Regents Scholarship (UCLA) – 4-year, full-tuition scholarship based upon academic 2003–2007 merit.

DISCOGRAPHY “TBD”, Beyond 12: Volume 2, Ray-Kallay Duo, Microfest Records. 2020 “Before and After”, NOW Ensemble, New Amsterdam Records. 2020 “Elastic Loops”, TBD, Matthew McCright, piano 2019 “Kindly Reply”, Cityscaping, Curtis Brass Project. (release December 1, 2018) 2018 “Teaser”, Nonextraneous Sounds, Mariel Roberts. 2012 Innova Recordings 247. St. Paul, MN. Distributed by Naxos of America. “Short Winds”, Five at Play, Madera Quintet. 2012 Crescent Phase Records 002. Salt Lake, UT. “Velvet Hammer”, Awake, NOW Ensemble. 2011 New Amsterdam Records NWAM 0029. New York, NY. Distributed by Naxos of America. “Lick Machine” (from Short Winds), Soli fan tutti, Darmstadt Staatsorchester. 2011 Darling Records DAL 2011001. Cologne, Germany. “Scale 9”, TRANSIT EP, TRANSIT New Music. Self-released. New York, NY. 2010

COMMISSIONS AND PERFORMANCES * for complete list, please see the attached List of Works and Performances.

OTHER PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES, AFFILIATIONS, & SERVICE Expert Witness (New York, NY) – Provided expert reports in a case of alleged 2018-present copyright infringement. Sarofim Composition Contest (University of Houston) – Juror. 2017 University of Southern California Electroacoustic Consort – Member 2017-present American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) – Member. 2007-present Princeton Laptop Orchestra (PLOrk) – Composer and performer. 2008–2010 Musica Alta, Princeton University – Vocalist in early music ensemble. 2007–2009 UCLA Faculty Executive Committee – Nominated by Music Department faculty as its 2006–2007 sole student representative. Participated in quarterly meetings with faculty, administrators, and the Dean on administrative, organizational and educational issues. Synchromy Chamber Ensemble, Los Angeles, CA – Co-founder and composer for 2005–2007 ensemble that presented music by local and national composers. UCLA Chorale, Chamber Choir 2003–2005 Piano performance – Solo/chamber performances at: LA Convention Center, Gamper 1990-present Festival, Bang on a Can Summer Music Festival, Austrian Cultural Forum, UCLA, Princeton University, Roma Tre University, and the American Academy in Rome.

S EAN FRIAR L IST OF W ORKS/PERFORMANCES

ORCHESTRA/LARGE ENSEMBLE

Dynamics (2016-17) Solo cello and wind ensemble (20:00) Commissioned by the Eastman School of Music Wind Ensemble (Mark Scatterday, Director) and University of Georgia Wind Ensemble (Cynthia Turner, Music Director) Premiere: 4/3/17. Kilbourn Hall, Eastman School of Music, Rochester, NY by Eastman Wind Ensemble cellist, Mike Kaufman. Additional: 4/9/19. University of Southern California, by Thornton Edge Ensemble and cellist, Mike Kaufman. Additional: TBD 2019. Georgia State University Wind Ensemble.

Finding Time (2014-2015) Large ensemble (16:00) Commissioned by the Los Angeles Philharmonic Association (Gustavo Dudamel, Music Director). Premiere: 5-26-15. Green Umbrella, Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles, CA, by the Los Angeles Philharmonic, conductor John Adams.

In the Blue (2013, rev. 2014) fl, ob, cl, b.cl, bsn, hn, tpt, tbn, pno, 2 perc, 2 vln, vla, vcl, bass (13:30) Co-commissioned by Ensemble Modern (Frankfurt, Germany) and Alarm Will Sound (New York, NY) Premiere: 11-23-13. Cresc Biennale, Frankfurt, Germany, by Alarm Will Sound, conducted by Alan Pierson. Additional: 9-20-14. Carlsbad Music Festival, Carlsbad, CA by Thornton Edge Ensemble. Additional: 9-17-14. International Ensemble Modern Academy, Schwaz, Austria. Additional: 10-01-14. University of Southern California, by Thornton Edge Ensemble. Additional: 3-30-15. Cleveland State, University, Cleveland, OH, by Alarm Will Sound. Additional: 11-15-17. University of Southern California, by Thornton Edge Ensemble.

Noise Gate (2013) Full orchestra [3333 4431 3perc+timp harp strings] (11:00) Commissioned by Cabrillo Music Festival (Santa Cruz, CA). Premiere: 8-3-13. Cabrillo Music Festival, Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium, Santa Cruz, CA by Cabrillo Festival Orchestra. Conducted by Carolyn Kuan (replacement for Marin Alsop). Additional: 2-1-16. University of Northern Colorado, Greeley, CO, by University of Northern Colorado Orchestra. Additional: 3-3-16. Foundation Hall, Greeley, CO, by University of Northern Colorado Orchestra.

Clunker Concerto (2010-11, rev. 2013) 4 percussion soloists on car parts & chamber orchestra [1111 1111 3perc synth strings] (19:00) Commissioned by the American Composers Orchestra’s Playing it UNsafe program (New York, NY). Premiere: 3-04-11. Zankel Hall, Carnegie Hall, New York, NY by American Composers Orchestra and Line C3 Percussion. Conducted by George Manahan. Additional: 2-10-13. Olin Hall, Bard College, Annandale, NY by TIGUE and Contemporaneous. Additional: 2-11-13. P.S. 142, New York, NY by TIGUE and Contemporaneous Ensemble. Additional: 3-1-13. Performing Arts Center, Purchase College, NY by Purchase Symphony Orchestra. Conducted by Ransom Wilson. Additional: 3-15-18. Face the Music, Kaufman Music Center, New York, NY. Conducted by David Bloom.

Out of Line (2008, rev. 2009) chamber orchestra [1.1.1.1 – 1.1.1.1 – 3 perc, harp, piano – strings 6.5.4.3.2] (9:00) Commissioned by the Bang on a Can Summer Music Festival (New York, NY). Premiere (original): 7-18-08. Bang on a Can Summer Music Festival, MASS MoCA, North Adams, MA by Festival fellows and faculty. Conducted by Brad Lubman. Premiere (revision): 4-16-09, 4-17-09. Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts, Philadelphia, PA by the American Composers Orchestra. Conducted by Cliff Colnot. Additional: 7-17-09. Harris Concert Hall, Aspen Music Festival, Aspen, CO by American Academy of Conducting at Aspen (AACA) Orchestra. Conducted by Tong Chen. CHAMBER ENSEMBLE (5 OR MORE PLAYERS)

Before and After (2017-18) flute, clarinet, electric guitar, piano, and bass (50:00) Commissioned by the Fromm Music Foundation, Harvard University (Cambridge, MA). Premiere (mvmts. I and II): 4-6-17. Schoenberg Hall, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, by NOW Ensemble. Additional (I and II): 4-8-17. Cal State Long Beach, Long Beach, CA, by NOW Ensemble. Additional (I and II): 4-9-17. Art of Elan, San Diego, CA, by NOW Ensemble. Additional (I and II): 10-14-17. Fast Forward Austin, Museum of Human Achievement, Austin, TX, by NOW Ensemble. Additional (I, II, X): 2-16-18. Cammilleri Hall, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, by NOW Ensemble. Additional (I, II, X): 2-18-18. Art of Élan, Tijuana, Mexico, by NOW Ensemble.

Kindly Reply (2016) Brass quintet (2 trumpets, horn, trombone, tuba) (3:30) Commissioned by the Curtis Institute of Music Community Arts Program (Philadelphia, PA). Premiere: 5-7-16. Philadelphia Art Alliance, Philadelphia, PA, by Curtis Institute Brass Project. Additional: 8-25-16. Music from Angel Fire, Ilfield Auditorium, Las Vegas, NV by Curtis Institute Brass Project.

Breaking Point (2013) electric guitar, clarinet, trumpet, string quintet, piano, percussion (13:00) Commissioned by the Present Music Commissioning Club, Reed & Nancy Groethe (Milwaukee, WI). Premiere: 5-24-13. Turner Ballroom, Milwaukee, WI by Present Music, featuring Derek Johnson. Additional: 2-23-14. DROM, New York, NY by Le Train Bleu. Additional: 9-3-16. Made for Milwaukee, Zelazo Center for the Performing Arts, Milwaukee, WI, by Present Music.

One-Way Trip (2011-12) clarinet, horn, piano, string quartet, bass (26:00) Commissioned by the American Academy in Rome for the Berlin Philharmonic Scharoun Ensemble. Premiere: 3-10-12. Villa Aurelia, Rome, Italy by the Berlin Philharmonic Scharoun Ensemble.

Short Winds (2010, 3rd mvmt. 2016) woodwind quintet (w/ bass clarinet) (10:00) Commissioned by the Aspen Music Festival (Aspen, CO). Premiere: 8-19-10. Harris Concert Hall, Aspen Music Festival, CO by the Aspen Woodwind Quintet. Additional: 4-26-11. Taplin Hall, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ by Quintet of the Americas. Additional: 5-4-11. Blue Whale, Los Angeles, CA by Contemporary Los Angeles Winds (CLAW). Additional: 5-29-11. Staatstheater, Darmstadt, Germany by members of Darmstadt Staatsorchester. Additional: 6-2-11. South Pasadena Music Center, Pasadena, CA by CLAW. Additional: 3-11-12. Dolce Chamber Music Players, Dallas, TX by Madera Quintet. Additional: 5-1-12. Craig Recital Hall, Austin College, Sherman, TX by Madera Quintet. Additional: 5-12-12. Queens New Music Festival, New York, NY by Quintet of the Americas. Additional: 7-1-12. University of North Texas, Denton, TX by Madera Quintet. Additional: 11-2-12. Green Space Arts Collective, Denton, TX by Madera Quintet. Additional: 3-4-13. Vista Chamber Music Series, Morse Recital Hall, Sprague Hall, Yale School of Music, New Haven, CT. Additional: 4-16-13. Blue Whale, Los Angeles, CA by Contemporary Los Angeles Winds (CLAW). Additional: 9-7-13. Banter Bistro, Denton, TX, by Madera Wind Quintet. Additional: 9-12-13. UNT on the Square, Denton, TX, by Madera Wind Quintet. Additional: 2-03-14. Woodwind Chamber Day, Northeastern State University, Talequah, OK, by Madera Wind Quintet. Additional: 2-08-14. Recital Hall, University of North Texas, Denton, TX, by Madera Wind Quintet. Additional: 2-06-15. University of Texas, Tyler, Tyler, TX by Madera Quintet. Additional: 2-07-15. Banter Bistro, Denton, TX by Madera Quintet. Additional: 2-08-15. Stephen F. Austin University, Nacogodoches, TX by Madera Quintet. Additional: 2-09-15. Texas A&M University, Corpus Christi, TX by Madera Quintet. Additional: 2-09-15. Del Mar College, Corpus Christi, TX by Madera Quintet. Additional: 2-10-15. Texas A&M University, Kingsville, TX by Madera Quintet. Additional: 2-12-15. Texas Music Educators Association Convention, San Antonio, TX by Madera Quintet. Additional: 8-3-16. Bennington Chamber Music Conference, Bennington College, VT. Additional: 9-26-16. New World Hall, Miami, FL, by members of New World Symphony. Additional: 10-5-16. Newman Hall, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA by Thornton EDGE Ensemble. Additional: 11-6-18. Festival Habana Contemporary Music Festival, Havana, Cuba, by Quintet of the Americas.

Fighting Words (2010) soprano, clarinet/bass clarinet, electric guitar, piano, violin, cello, drum kit, percussion (14:00) Commissioned by Newspeak (New York, NY). Premiere: 3-2-10. Taplin Hall, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ by Newspeak. Additional: 11-23-11. Royal-T Café, Los Angeles, CA by What’s Next? Ensemble. Additional: 3-10-16. Foundation Hall, Greeley, CO by Sharon Harms and UNC New Music Ensemble.

Velvet Hammer (2009) flute, clarinet, electric guitar, piano, bass (6:30) Commissioned by NOW Ensemble (New York, NY). Premiere: 12-8-09. Taplin Hall, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ by NOW Ensemble. Additional: 12-18-09. Galapagos Art Space, DUMBO, Brooklyn, NY by NOW Ensemble. Additional: 9-11-10. Peak Performances, Montclair State University, NJ by NOW Ensemble. Additional: 5-6-11. Le Poisson Rouge, New York, NY by NOW Ensemble. Additional: 5-14-11. Library of Congress, Washington D.C. by NOW Ensemble. Additional: 9-11-11. GAUDEAMUS Muziekweek, Utrecht, Netherlands by Ensemble Klang. Additional: 9-24-11. Engage Arts Festival, Cork, Ireland by Crash Ensemble. Additional: 11-25-11. Young Americans, Liberty Hall, Dublin, Ireland by Crash Ensemble. Additional: 1-26-12. Throckmorton, Mill Valley, CA by Left Coast Ensemble. Additional: 1-28-12. War Memorial & Performing Arts Center, San Francisco, CA by Left Coast. Additional: 5-04-12. Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM), Brooklyn, NY by NOW Ensemble. Additional: 5-30-12. Portrait Concert, Villa Aurelia, Rome, Italy by Alter Ego Ensemble. Additional: 11-17-12. Staten Island Museum, Staten Island, NY by Musical Chairs Ensemble. Additional: 4-10-14. Hope Mohr Dance Company, ODC Theater, San Francisco, CA. Additional: 4-11-14. Hope Mohr Dance Company, ODC Theater, San Francisco, CA. Additional: 4-12-14. Hope Mohr Dance Company, ODC Theater, San Francisco, CA. Additional: 4-13-14. Hope Mohr Dance Company, ODC Theater, San Francisco, CA. Additional: 11-5-14. Baldwin Wallace College, Berea, OH, conducted by Kiki Kilburn. Additional: 12-6-15. Naked Eye Ensemble, Lancaster, PA. Additional: 1-10-16. Civic Auditorium Gold Room, Pasadena, CA by Camerata Pacifica. Additional: 1-12-16. Temple Beth Torah, Ventura, CA by Camerata Pacifica. Additional: 1-14-16. Zipper Hall, The Colburn School, Los Angeles, CA by Camerata Pacifica. Additional: 1-15-16. Hahn Hall, Music Academy of the West, Santa Barbara, CA by Camerata Pacifica.

Scale 9 (2009, quintet version; 2010, sextet and septet versions) septet: flute, clarinet, violin, viola, cello, piano, percussion. (5:30) sextet: fl, cl, vln, vcl, pno, perc. | quintet: cl, vln, vcl, pno, perc. Commissioned by the Aspen Music Festival (Aspen, CO). Premiere: 7-13-09. Harris Hall, Aspen Music Festival, Aspen CO by Aspen Contemporary Ensemble. Additional: 7-14-09. Aspen Art Museum, Aspen, CO by Aspen Contemporary Ensemble. Additional: 10-24-09. TENRI Cultural Institute, New York, NY by TRANSIT New Music. Additional: 6-19-10. Benefit for Cancer Research, TENRI Cultural Institute, NYC, NY by TRANSIT. Additional: 2-14-11. Taplin Hall, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ by Psappha Ensemble. Additional: 3-19-11. Bryan Hall, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH. Additional: 1-27-12. Scottish Conservatoire, Glasgow, Scotland by Psappha Ensemble. Additional: 1-28-12. University of Manchester, Manchester, England by Psappha Ensemble. Additional: 5-11-12. Music: Cognition, Technology & Society Conference, Barnes Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY by Argento Ensemble. Additional: 5-30-12. Portrait Concert, Villa Aurelia, Rome, Italy by Alter Ego Ensemble. Additional: 6-11-12. Electrostatic Festival, Bristol, England by Psappha Ensemble. Additional: 10-08-12. Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy by Alter Ego Ensemble. Additional: 11-19-12. University of Houston, Houston, TX by Aura Ensemble. Additional: 11-20-12. Avant Garden, Houston, TX by Aura Ensemble. Additional: 4-19-13. Los Angeles Composers Project #5, Boston Court, Pasadena, CA by What’s Next? Ensemble. Additional: 5-25-13. NYC/Denmark, Actor’s Fund Art Center, Brooklyn, NY, by TRANSIT. Additional: 6-11-13. Hong Kong Academy of Music, Hong Kong, by Psappha Ensemble. Additional: 7-5-13. Wild Shore Festival, Bunnell Art Gallery, Homer, AK, by TRANSIT. Additional: 7-7-13. Wild Shore Festival, Floating Stage, Halibut Cove, AK, by TRANSIT. Additional: 7-9-13. Wild Shore Festival, Down East Salloon, Homer, AK, by TRANSIT. Additional: 8-3-13. Bang on a Can Summer Marathon, MassMOCA, North Adams, MA, by members of Bang on a Can All-Stars and Summer Music Festival Students. Additional: 10-3-13. University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA by the Thornton EDGE Ensemble, conducted by Frank Ticheli. Additional: 10-27-13. Pickman Hall, Longy School of Music, Boston, MA, by Collage New Music. Additional: 8-02-14. Hahn Hall, Music Academy of the West, Santa Barbara, CA, by MAW fellows, conducted by Joshua Roman. Additional: 1-09-16. Match Theater, Houston, TX by Musiqa Ensemble. Additional: 4-28-18. HEAR NOW Festival, First Luthern Church of Venice, Los Angeles, CA by Brightwork Ensemble. Additional: 6-27-18. Monkspace, Los Angeles, CA by Brightwork Ensemble. Additional: 2-24-19. Harvey Mudd College, Claremont, CA by Brightwork Ensemble. Additional: 3-3-19. Sound and Fury, Church of Truth, Pasadena, CA, by Brightwork Ensemble. Additional: 3-5-19 Festival of New and Improvised Music, Cal State Dominguez Hills, CA by Brightwork Ensemble. Additional: 3-10-19. Cal State Northridge, CA, by Brightwork Ensemble.

Finding Time (2009) horn, sax, percussion, drum kit, piano, bass + auxiliary instruments. (13:00) Commissioned by New Music Collective’s New Works Program (Charleston, SC). Premiere: 12-2-09. Circular Congregational Church, Charleston, SC by New Music Collective (NMC) Additional: 12-4-09. Circular Congregational Church, Charleston, SC by NMC.

Little Green Pop (2008, rev. 2013) soprano sax, tenor sax, trombone, electric guitar, piano, percussion, sound engineer (10:00) Commissioned by Ensemble Klang (The Hague, Netherlands). Premiere: 11-18-08. Taplin Hall, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ by Ensemble Klang. Additional: 10-19-11. SONiC Festival, Symphony Space, New York, NY by Ensemble Klang. Additional: 10-21-11. Griswold Hall, Peabody Conservatory, Baltimore, MD by Ensemble Klang. Additional: 3-3-12. Around 30, Turner Hall Ballroom, Milwaukee, WI by Present Music and Danceworks. (Performed with dance choreography by Simon Eichinger.) Additional: 12-03-13. New Angeleno Composers, Green Umbrella, Walt Disney Concert Hall, by the Los Angeles Philharmonic, conducted by John Adams. Additional: 4-29-14. Galapagos Art Space, Brooklyn, NY, by Le Train Bleu, conducted by Ransom Wilson. Additional: 3-4-16. University of Tennessee, Knoxville, by New Music Greensboro. Additional: 3-18-16. University of North Carolina, Greensboro, by New Music Greensboro.

Bad Wiring (2006) flute, clarinet, violin, piano, two percussion (5:00) Commissioned by the Norfolk Music Festival (Norfolk, CT). Premiere: 6-19-06. Norfolk Music Festival, Norfolk, CT by the Norfolk Contemporary Ensemble. Additional: 5-20-07. Popper Hall, University of California, Los Angeles, CA.

SMALL CHAMBER (2-4 PLAYERS) Come Again (2016) two pianos. (10:00) Commissioned by HOCKET Duo (Thomas Kotcheff and Sarah Gibson) Premiere: TBD Spring 2019.

Shades (2015) alto saxophone and piano (8:00) Commissioned by Luminarts Foundation (Chicago, IL). Premiere: 7-13-15. World Saxophone Congress, Strasbourg, France, by Jeffrey Siegfried and Liz Ames. Additional: 1-26-18. Faculty Recital, University of Southern California, by Jessica Maxfield. Mezereon (2012, revised 2015) English horn and prepared piano | alto sax and prepared piano (12:00) Alto sax version commissioned by Luminarts Foundation (Chicago, IL). Premiere: 5-30-12. Portrait Concert, Villa Aurelia, Rome, Italy by Claire Brazeau and Sean Friar. Additional: 4-28-14. CalARTS, Valencia, CA, by Danny Holt and Claire Brazeau. Additional: 4-30-14. Thayer Hall, Colburn School, Los Angeles, CA, by Danny Holt and Claire Brazeau. Additional: 5-3-14. HEAR NOW Festival, First Lutheran Church Venice, Venice, CA by Claire Brazeau and Danny Holt. Additional: 5-7-14. UCLA Faculty Composer Concert, Los Angeles, CA by Claire Brazeau and Danny Holt. Additional: 7-13-15. World Saxophone Congress, Strasbourg, France, by Jeffrey Siegfried and Liz Ames. Additional: TBD January 2019. Cammilleri Hall, Brain and Creativity Institute, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA by Theodosia Roussos and Sean Friar.

Two Solitudes (2014) flute, viola, harp (11:00) Commissioned by the New World Symphony. Premiere: 4-26-14. New World Hall, Miami, FL, by Henrik Heide, Anthony Parce, and Grace Browning. Additional: 5-8-15. Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, Houston, TX, by Musiqa Ensemble. Additional: 5-10-15. Schoenberg Auditorium, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA by Debussy Trio.

Spin-Off (2013) electric guitar, flute, violin, piano (8:00) Commissioned by Musical Chairs Chamber Ensemble (Staten Island, NY) Premiere: 4-27-13. Staten Island Museum, Staten Island, NY by Musical Chairs Chamber Ensemble. Additional: 5-8-13. On Your Mark, Staten Island, NY by Musical Chairs Chamber Ensemble. Additional: 5-10-13. IS861, Staten Island, NY by Musical Chairs Chamber Ensemble. Additional: 9-21-13. Outdoor Fair, Staten Island, NY by Musical Chairs Chamber Ensemble.

Short Winds (2012) saxophone quartet (10:00) Premiere: 11-20-11. Nuova Consonanza Festival, Villa Aurelia, Rome, Italy by Apeiron Sax Quartet. Additional: 1-6-13. International Navy Band Saxophone Symposium, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA by QuadrATOMIC Sax Quartet. Additional: 3-30-13. Adelphi University, Garden City, NY by QuadrATOMIC Sax Quartet. Additional: 10-4-15. University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA by FIERO Sax Quartet.

Hypnic Twitches (2010) string quartet (9:00) Commissioned by the New York Youth Symphony’s First Music program (New York, NY). Pre-premiere: 4-15-11. Symphony Space, New York, NY by members of New York Youth Symphony. Premiere: 4-27-11. Weill Hall, Carnegie Hall, New York, NY by New York Youth Symphony. Additional: 6-15-11. Perlman Music Program, Long Island, NY by festival students.

Short Orbit (2009) piccolo/alto flute, viola, harp (7:00) Premiere: 9-22-09. Taplin Hall, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ by Janus Trio. Additional: 3-16-13. Staten Island Museum, Staten Island, NY by Musical Chairs Chamber Ensemble.

String Quartet (2009) string quartet (14:00) Commissioned by the Formalist Quartet. Premiere: 4-14-09. Taplin Hall, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ by the Formalist Quartet. Additional: 4-19-09. REDCAT Lounge, Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles, CA by the Formalist Quartet. Additional: 2-20-10. Villa Aurora Artists’ Residence, Pacific Palisades, CA by Formalist Quartet.

Hell-Bent (2006, rev. 2008) violin, cello, piano (8:00) Premiere: 5-20-07. Popper Hall, University of California, Los Angeles, CA by students. Premiere (revised): 4-8-08. Taplin Hall, Princeton University, NJ by the New Millennium Ensemble. Additional: 2-26-09. University of the Pacific, Recital Hall, Stockton, CA by New Pacific Trio. Additional: 3-10-09. Composer’s Inc, Green Room, War Memorial and Performing Arts Center, San Francisco, CA by New Pacific Trio. Additional: 8-06-16. Bennington Chamber Music Conference, Greenwall Auditorium, Bennington College, VT, by Diana Cohen, Tobias Werner, and Philip Bush.

PERCUSSION

(for Clunker Concerto (2011), see Orchestra/Large Ensemble)

Four Streets (2013-14) percussion quartet (30:00) Commissioned by Chamber Music America (New York, NY). Premiere: 8-28-15 Shapeshifter Lab, Brooklyn, NY by Line C3 Percussion. Additional: 8-29-15 Shapeshifter Lab, Brooklyn, NY by Line C3 Percussion. Additional: 8-30-15 Shapeshifter Lab, Brooklyn, NY by Line C3 Percussion.

Burn-off (2012) percussion quartet (3:30) Commissioned by Line C3 Percussion (New York, NY). Premiere: 3-4-12. Boston Conservatory, Boston, MA by Line C3 Percussion. Additional: 3-7-12. Carnegie Hall Neighborhood Concert Series, Pregones Theater, New York, NY by Line C3 Percussion. Additional: 3-8-12. Von der Mehden Hall, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT by Line C3. Additional: 3-25-14. CFA Concert Hall, Boston University, by Boston University Percussion Ensemble, director Samuel Solomon. Additional: 4-1-16. Ipswich Street Project, Boston, MA, by Boston Conservatory Percussion Ensemble.

Ruining Fusion (2008) percussion quartet (9:00) Premiere: 2-10-09. Taplin Hall, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ by So Percussion. Additional: 3-10-16. Foundation Hall, Greeley, CO by University of Northern Colorado Percussion Ensemble.

Struck (2006) percussion quartet (5:00) Premiere: 6-19-06. Music Shed, Norfolk Chamber Music Festival, So Percussion and festival students.

SOLO

Elastic Loops (2007, rev. 2018) solo piano (13:00) Commissioned by Ruby Cheng (Los Angeles, CA). Premiere: 6-8-07. Schoenberg Auditorium, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA by Ruby Cheng. Additional: 7-28-07. Gamper Festival at Bowdoin Music Festival, Brunswick, ME by Sean Friar. Additional: 8-05-08. Hawaii Institute of Contemporary Music Honolulu, HI by Thomas Rosenkranz. Additional: 11-20-11. Nuova Consonanza Festival, Villa Aurelia, Rome, Italy by Marco Marzocchi. Additional: 12-5-11. Aula Magna, Roma Tre University, Rome, Italy by Sean Friar. Additional: 12-11-11. Salone, American Academy in Rome, Rome, Italy by Sean Friar. Additional: 10-5-18. Applebaum Recital Hall, Carleton College, Northfield, MN, by Matthew McCright. Additional: 11-15-18. Wallace Memorial Chapel, Westminster College, New Wilmington, PA by Matthew McCright. Additional: 12-5-18. Old Church Series, Portland, OR, by Matthew McCright. Additional: Fall 2019. Weill Recital Hall, Carnegie Hall, New York, NY, by Matthew McCright.

Chrysalis (2016) solo pianist on piano and percussion (12 minutes) Commissioned by Piano Spheres (Los Angeles, CA). Premiere: 5-27-17. Boston Court, Pasadena, CA, by Danny Holt.

Wind-up Etude (2012) solo piano (5:00) Commissioned by the Renee B. Fisher Piano Competition (New Haven, CT). Premiere: 4-14-13. Fisher Piano Competition, New Haven, CT by all competitors. Additional: 5-11-13. Winners’ Concert, Fisher Piano Competition, New Haven, CT by Anna Lam. Additional: 6-02-15. Piano Spheres, REDCAT, Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles, CA by Steven Vanhauwaert.

Teaser (2010) solo cello (11:00) Commissioned by Mariel Roberts (New York, NY). Premiere: 11-09-10. Taplin Hall, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ by Mariel Roberts. Additional: 11-19-10. The Gershwin, New York, NY by Mariel Roberts. Additional: 4-03-11. Manhattan School of Music, New York, NY by Mariel Roberts. Additional: 10-3-11. Nuova Spazi Musicali, Villa Aurelia, Rome, Italy by Christophe Matthias. Additional: 3-10-12. Villa Aurelia, Rome, Italy by Richard Duven. Additional: 4-15-12. Kammermusiksaal, Berlin Philharmonic, Berlin, Germany by the Richard Duven. Additional: 5-30-12. Portrait Concert, Villa Aurelia, Rome, Italy by Francesco Dillon. Additional: 9-26-12. ISSUE Project Room, Brooklyn, NY, by Mariel Roberts. Additional: 6-07-14. Sunset ChamberFest, Classical Revolution, Silverlake Lounge, Los Angeles, by Mike Kaufman. Additional: 6-12-14. Sunset ChamberFest, Saddleback College, Mission Viejo, CA by Mike Kaufman. Additional: 6-13-14. Sunset ChamberFest, Home of Todd Mason, Mar Vista, CA, by Mike Kaufman. Additional: 6-14-14. Sunset ChamberFest, St. Thomas the Apostle Church, Hollywood, CA by Mike Kaufman. Additional: 8-29-14. Mamafish, Pasadena, CA by Mike Kaufman. Additional: 5-9-15. Eureka Graduate Student Conference, UC Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA by Helen Newby. Additional: 4-23-16. Mason Home Concerts, Mar Vista, CA by Mike Kaufman. Additional: 5-1-16. Sunset ChamberFest Fundraiser, Mar Vista, CA by Mike Kaufman.

ELECTRONIC/ELECTROACOUSTIC/MULTIMEDIA

New Work (2019) two digital pianos with microtonal, dynamic pitch-mapping (using Pianoteq software) (10:00) Commissioned by Ray-Kallay Duo (Vicki Ray and Aron Kallay) Premiere: TBD Fall 2019.

New Work (2018-19) laptop ensemble, chamber ensemble, dancers, video (10:00) Collaboration with Eric Pham. Premiere: TBD Spring 2019. University of Southern California, by Thornton Electroacoustic Consort.

Oboemobo (2010) solo oboe and effects pedals (7:00) Commissioned by Bard College Conservatory (Annandale-on-Hudson, NY). Premiere: 3-12-10. Music Alive! Festival of Contemporary Music, Olin Hall, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY by Claire Brazeau. Additional: 5-21-10. Bard Hall, Bard College, NY by Claire Brazeau. Additional: 11-17-12. Staten Island Museum, by Leslie Godfrey. Additional: 5-9-13. Harris Auditorium, University of Memphis, TN by Wendy Raines-Grew.

Boomdinger (2008-09) laptop orchestra and video conductor, with optional percussionists and electronic soloists (9:00) Collaboration with composer, Cameron Britt. Premiere: 4-10-09. The Kitchen, New York, NY by Princeton Laptop Orchestra (PLOrk), So Percussion and Matmos. Additional: 4-11-09. The Kitchen, New York, NY by PLOrk, So Percussion and Matmos. Additional: 4-17-09. MacArthur Foundation, Chicago, IL by PLOrk. Additional: 5-16-09. Richardson Auditorium, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ by PLOrk, So Percussion and Matmos. Additional: 5-30-09. Princeton Reunions, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ by PLOrk. Additional: 10-9-09. MMix Festival of Interactive Technology, TheaterLab, New York, NY by PLOrk and So Percussion. Additional: 4-28-11. Open Ears Festival, Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario, Canada by Sideband. Additional: 3-5-17. Newman Auditorium, University of Southern California, by Thornton Electroacoustic Consort with Sean Friar, piano.