Imagery is central to my writing process. Just thinking about a certain place can push the music I’m writing in one direction or another. While out for a run at the beginning stages of writing this …
Forever Radiant
“They looked to Him and were radiant, and their faces were not ashamed.” (Psalm 35:4) Inspired by Psalm 35:4, Forever Radient is dedicated to my grandmother, Elizabeth Perrine, who peacefully …
A Look Back at Loveliness
Edna St. Vincent Millay (1892–1950) was an American poet and playwright. Independent and rebellious by nature, her best-known and most characteristic works are about love, grief, the inevitability of …
Five Turn
Five Turn is a work for fixed electronics. With the exception of a brief introduction, the composition was essentially composed and thought of in five distinct sections. Each section slowly unfolds …
Bridge Suite
Riff Away As an Echo Trance Little Music While discussing ideas for the piece, it quickly became apparent that Joel and I were both interested in a composition influenced not only by the …
…of the Saints
The Avenue of the Saints is a 550-mile four-lane highway connecting Saint Paul, Minnesota, with Saint Louis, Missouri. It also happens to be the highway I commute on to Iowa City, each and every day. …