Upcoming Events
Cantate Chamber Singers
Earth & Sky
As the winner of their 14th Biennial Young Composers’ Competition, my latest commission, “What Trees Will Become,” will receive its premiere! Cantate Chamber Singers sing music inspired by the earth around us and the sky above us, paying tribute to the natural world with texts and sounds from the sublime to the ridiculous, evoking glimmering starshine, blazing comets, and even a chorus of mosquitos. Music by Alice Parker, Gwyneth Walker, Eric Whitacre, Samuel Barber, and more.
Saturday, May 11th, 2024 at 5:00 pm
Christ Episcopal Church
4001 Franklin Street, Kensington, MD 20895
Past Events
Handel Choir of Baltimore
Made in Baltimore, Too
Steinway Artist Lura Johnson is the featured soloist in the return of our popular ‘Made in Baltimore’ event celebrating Baltimore poetry, music and musicians. My SATB setting of Rachel Eliza Griffiths’ “26,” a powerful response to the Sandy Hook Massacre and the continuing epidemic of gun violence, will be performed alongside works by choral rockstars Ted Hearne, Dale Trumbore, Jake Runestad, Judah Adashi, and more! Lura and Handel Choir will premiere a newly commissioned work by composer Daniel Sabzghabaei. Tickets are available for both in-person attendance and a link to the performance stream.
Choral Premiere
RESCHEDULED to February 13th at 10:00 a.m.
Commissioned by Jordan Prescott, the choir at Grace and St. Peter’s Episcopal Church of Baltimore will perform my setting of “O Lux Beatissima” on February 6th. This mass on the sixth Sunday after Epiphany also features music by William Bolcom and Kenneth Leighton. Service begins at 10:00 a.m. and will be open for in-person attendance as well streamed through Facebook live.
Balliett Bassoon Virtual Collaboration
The bassoon studio of Brad Balliett will present a virtual concert of new commissions from composition students of The Peabody Conservatory. Beginning at 6:00pm ET on May 6th, 2021, the Zoom meeting will feature composer introductions and pre-recorded video performances of works for both solo and chamber ensembles. My solo work, “Vantage,” will be premiered by Britney Delpey.
Piccinini Flute Collaboration
Marina Piccinini’s flute studio will present a concert of new pieces written by various composition students of The Peabody Conservatory on Friday, April 17, 2020 at 7:30pm ET. My work, “Striking Resemblances,” will be premiered by flutist Kirkland Moranos and pianist Clara Truong. The event will take place in the Cohen-Davison Family Theatre at Peabody in Baltimore.
Cancelled due to COVID-19
New Voices – Aim High
As a part of their annual community conversation concert series, the New Voices will present a concert centered around gun violence and gun responsibility, The new SATB version of “26” with text by Rachel Eliza Griffiths will be premiered alongside other pieces written in response to various tragedies.
Lawrence University Spring Choir Concert
Lawrence University Viking Chorale, Cantala, and Concert Choir present their Spring Choir Concert. This concert features the world premiere of “26” by David Fisher ’19 as well as contemporary works by Craig Hella Johnson, Dale Trumbore, Elaine Hagenberg, Michael McGlynn, Trevor Weston, Jiang Tian Shui, and more!
Undergraduate Composition Recital
As a final requirement for the Bachelor of Music in Composition, I will present a concert of my own compositions written during my time at Lawrence. Each work draws inspiration from the forest, ranging from petrification of wood to the not-so-sweet mythical creatures that inhabit them. Many of my wonderful friends and musicians of the Lawrence University Conservatory of Music will breathe life into these musical processes and legends. The hour-long recital will begin at 5pm on Saturday, April 13th, 2019 at Harper Hall within the Music-Drama Center at the Lawrence University Conservatory of Music.