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New Publisher
I am happy to announce that my music is now published by Oxingale Music. We are slowly editing scores and adding them to the catalogue. All inquiries about score purchase and rentals should go to Oxingale. If you are interested in purchasing something not currently in the catalogue, reach out to the publisher anyway and…
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Keening Songs
A couple of years ago, while taking a class on Irish orality taught by renowned sean nós singer Iarla Ó Lionáird, I received an email asking me if I was interested in writing a set of art songs based on Irish poetry. It was a beautiful coincidence and of course, I was delighted! The Irish…
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One day, two concerts
October 3rd will be a first for me: my music will be performed in two countries located on different continents on the same day. In Toronto, Canada there will be the premiere of The Three Woes for three trumpets and string orchestra at Top Brass presented by Soundstreams. Earlier the same day, Ilana Waniuk will…
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Premiere with Soundstreams
I am currently in Toronto – feeling very giddy and under slept from all the time-zone travel – getting ready for the premiere of my latest work The Three Woes for three trumpets and string orchestra commissioned by Soundstreams for their Top Brass concert happening on October 3. The work will be performed by three…
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Alaska Tour with Wild Shore
I am traveling around Alaska for the next ten days with the Wild Shore Festival, stopping in Anchorage, Talkeetna, Kenai and Homer. Wild Shore commissioned a brand new piece from me for the combined forces of Wild Shore Trio (Katie Cox, flute, Andie Springer, violin, Mary Kouyoumdjian, piano) and Cipher Duo (Justine Aronson, soprano, Sarah…
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Opera in the middle of Kansas
I recently spent a week in Russell, a small town smack in the middle of Kansas, and almost in the very center of America. This is my second visit to this community which hosts an annual three-week music festival called Ad Astra. The festival, with the participation of the whole community, is commissioning a full-length…
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I-Park Residency
I was lucky enough to spend four weeks of June at the I-Park artists’ residency in East Haddam, Connecticut along with six other incredible artists: Sarah E. Brook, Gina Kamentsky, Sharon Koelblinger, Brenna K. Murphy, Clarisse Baleja Saidi and Hui-Ying Tsa. The place is like adult summer camp and we were a fun crew enjoying…
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Invented Folksongs in Rockport
Rehearsals are in full swing at the Shalin Liu Hall in Rockport, MA for an hour-long concert of my Invented Folksongs, which I’m performing with the Boston-based Ludovico Ensemble. I started writing these songs, which borrow elements from Ukrainian folk music, three years ago after arriving at Princeton University. This is the first time that these…
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The Mint Picker’s Man
Last November, I performed for the very first time with composer-vocalist Annika Socolofsky, who is a fellow student at Princeton University. My piece, The Mint Picker’s Man, for two voices, percussion and string quartet, was our very first duet. We love how our voices sound together and plan on creating more duo repertoire. Stay tuned!…
