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October, with Mercury Variations, an exuberant piece for piano and two percussionists, closed a rather busy 2025, with a five new works premiered since last March.
In July Piano Trio No.3 (Taming the Tantrum), which portrays the onset of a minor conflict—a tantrum, a verbal dispute, or something slightly more serious and its aftermath.
In April 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.
And in March my probably most meaningful work to date:Tell es-Sakan, a concert-length protest work, motivated by the war in Gaza, written for string quartet and percussion
Thank you to all players, Keisuke Nakagoshi, piano, Divesh Karamchandani and Elizabeth Hall percussion, Paul Dab, piano, Michael Long, violin, Sung Choi, cello, Maki Ishii Sowash, violin, Vicky Ehrlich, cello, Stephen Zielinski, clarinet, Hailey Gutowski, soprano, Sarita Cannon, mezzo-soprano, Kymry Esainko, piano, Otis Harriel, violin, Kevin Rogers, violin, Mitso Floor, viola, Doug Machiz, cello, Haruka Fujii, percussion, Anne Szabla, percussion, who made this possible
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.