Composer
An arrangement of Richard Strauss’s Horn Concerto op. 11, with the orchestral part reduced for string quartet. Created for Megan Cullen and the Bay Area Arts Alliance; to be presented in concert April 25, 2026 at the San Francisco Community Music Center.
Parts and audio demo (no recording yet)
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.
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.
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.
Ensemble:
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.
A scherzo for string quartet, originally intended as part of a multi-movement work. Runs about 5 minutes.
Parts available on request.
Duet for violin and piano, composed November 2021.
Score (PDF)
Violin part (PDF)
Synthesized demo of violin part (MP3)
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