Posts Tagged ‘chamber music’

The Garden (I)

May 3, 2025

Part I of a setting of H. D.’s poem “The Garden”, for soprano with violin, clarinet, and cello. Runs about 2:40.

Performed April 26, 2025 at the Center for New Music, San Francisco, by Hailey Gutowski, soprano, Maki Ishii Sowash, violin, Stephen Zielinski, clarinet, and Vicky Ehrlich, cello.

YouTube video

Full score (PDF)

Cowlick

February 19, 2025

For mixed quintet (cb/va/vn/cl/ob). Composed for a call for scores by the Bridge Music Collective, and premiered on March 1, 2025 at the Center for New Music, San Francisco.

PDF Score and parts, and synthesized demo, in this folder.

Live performance (YouTube)

At the Hawk’s Well

June 17, 2024

The cast of At the Hawk’s Well. L-R: Phoebe Chee, Alex Jerinic, Marissa Maislen, Nicolas Vasquez-Gerst, Igor Vieira. (Photo: Steve Fisch.)

I completed a first version of this opera back in April 2021. This spring, I revised it for a performance by Bay Area Arts Alliance. It was performed on June 15 and 16, 2024, at the San Francisco Community Music Center, directed by Megan Cullen and with Alex Katsman as music director.

Here’s the full performance from June 16, 2024, on YouTube. The opera is about 50 minutes long, and it’s followed by a discussion with the cast.

  • Old Man (baritone) – Igor Vieira
  • Young Man (tenor) – Nicolas Vasquez-Gerst
  • First Musician (mezzo-soprano) – Alix Jerinic
  • Second Musician (soprano) – Phoebe Chee
  • Guardian of the Well (dancer) – Marissa Maislen

Ensemble:

  • Piano – Alex Katsman
  • Violin – Manny Vousé
  • Viola – Armando Atando
  • Cello – Octavio Mujica
  • Bass – Carlos Valdez
  • Soprano saxophone – Robin Lacey

Full score (PDF). Parts available on request.

Libretto (PDF), lightly adapted from the play by W.B. Yeats.

Program (PDF), including synopsis, commentary, and performer bios.

Interview on the Community Music Center site.

Dancing

July 13, 2023

A scherzo for string quartet, originally intended as part of a multi-movement work. Runs about 5 minutes.

Score (PDF)

Synthesized audio (MP3)

Parts available on request.

Crimson and white

November 7, 2021

Duet for violin and piano, composed November 2021.

Score (PDF)
Violin part (PDF)
Synthesized demo of violin part (MP3)