News
October, with Mercury Variations, an exuberant piece for piano and two percussionists, closed a rather busy 2025, with a total of five new works premiered since last March. Piano Trio No.3 (Taming the Tantrum), which portrays the onset and diffusion of a minor conflict, was premiered in July; Nel Tardo Mezzo a sort of musical confession written for soprano, clarinet, violin and cello, and Lagrangian Point, for female voice, piano and percussion, a short, lyrical hymn to Earth, inspired by Samantha Harvey’s novel Orbital, saw the light in April; and in March my probably most meaningful work to date:Tell es-Sakan, a concert-length protest work, motivated by the genocide in Gaza, written for string quartet and percussion.
Upcoming Concerts
Fall Winter 2025. The Retraction, a monodrama for soprano, choir and quintet, inspired by the confessions of Isobel Gowdie, a woman accused of witchcraft in early 17th-century Scotland. She left behind the longest witchcraft confession on record. The soprano will be Amy Foote, in an orchestration for small ensemble. Probably percussion, violin, cello, clarinet and piano. Click the image to the side, or here to read the libretto narrating the story.
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Some Press
A recent interview about Tell es-Sakan with Sharon Wayne can be found here, and a review of String Quartet No.7, an asynchronous piece written during the COVID pandemic here. Alongside, you’ll find an extensive interview with Carolyn Howley, featuring detailed excerpts from The Sofa, for percussion quartet, and Aquamarinus, performed by the Berkeley Symphony.
… and in the Pipeline
Other than coming up with the final version The Retraction, not very much at this point. I am starting to write a piece for piano, thinking about a longer version of Mercury Variations, and brain storming an opera … we’ll see.