Composer | Artist | Writer
A dramatic work in one act with libretto by Nell Shaw Cohen based on the writings and paintings of Charles E. Burchfield (1893-1967). Continue reading “The Coming of Spring (2014)”
Filmed from the California Zephyr Amtrak train over three days, traveling from Chicago to San Francisco. Commissioned by the New York University Contemporary Music Ensemble. Continue reading “California Zephyr (2014)”
Inspired by places in the San Francisco Bay Area, my hometown. Continue reading “Places in the Bay Area (2012/13)”
This wind quintet was inspired by the early 20th century paintings of Charles E. Burchfield. Watercolors was winner of the 2011 New England Conservatory Honors Ensemble Competition. Continue reading “Watercolors (2011)”
(The music in this work is also the first movement of Into nowhere).
Video and music inspired by the paintings of Georgia O’Keeffe. Filmed on location in New Mexico, with original animations and motion graphics. Over 19,000 views on YouTube. Continue reading “The Faraway Nearby: Georgia O’Keeffe and The New Mexico Landscape (2010)”
Second movement – mp3
Third movement – mp3
“I had nothing but to walk into nowhere
and the wide sunset space with the star.”
– Georgia O’Keeffe
The first movement of Into nowhere became the score to my video The Faraway Nearby: Georgia O’Keeffe and the New Mexico Landscape. Continue reading “Into nowhere (2010)”