recent composition performances

"Blue Fortitude," SATB and chamber orchestra, September 2025, Central City Opera and Wild Beautiful Orchestra, Lyrics: Dr. Frank Clark

"Pray for One, Pray for All," Johnnie Felder, tenor; Daniella Guzmanj-Eguez, soprano; Chappel Kingland, piano, September 2025, Lyrics: Dr. Frank Clark

"Resist!!!" International Contemporary Ensemble, June 2025

"April Snow" Chase Jordan, solo viola, February 2025

“Lodore,” (String Orchestra) Sphere Ensemble, World Premier, April 2022; Federal Way Symphony, Northwest Premier, April 2024

“Quintessence,” Front Range Chamber Ensemble, February 2023 (flute, violin, viola, 2 cellos)

“Pacific Sardines,” Wild and Beautiful Orchestra, September 2023

“O, Gentle Presence,” International Contemporary Ensemble, June 2023

“Weaving 19 oc”, International Contemporary Ensemble, June 2021

“The CO-19 Project,” Playground Ensemble String Quartet, October 2022

“Hallowed”, Mark Jackson, tenor with piano accompaniment, Taos 2022

Representative Piano performances

Solo Piano (works performed)

Phillip Glass, Etude No 7

George Crumb, Five Pieces for Piano; Voices of the Whale

Bela Bartok, Concerto for two pianos and percussion

Claude Debussy, Douze Etudes

Arnold Schoenberg, Op. 25 for piano

Ludwig Beethoven Concerto No. 3 in C minor

Sergei Prokofiev Sonata No. 7

Curtis Curtis-Smith, A Song of the Degrees for two bowed pianos and percussion

Recent Ensemble Performances

T.Riley, "In C" (drone part)

A. Part, "Spiegel im Spiegel," (violin and piano)

G. Ligeti, “Ruckblick” (selections)

G. Lewis, “Artificial Light”

M. Applebaum, “Meditation”

G. R. Handel, “Where’er You Walk” (English Horn and Piano)

C. M. Widor, “Elegie” (Oboe and piano)

Mentors:

Piano:

Antonia Brico, David Burge, Leonid Hambro

Composition:

Charles Eakin, Richard Toensing, Morton Subotnik, Lucky Mosko, Leonard Stein, Loretta Notareschi,

Adam Waite, Conrad Kehn

Master Classes:

Lou Harrison, John Cage, George Lewis, Lei Liang, Amy Beth Kirsten, Oscar Bettison

The Walden School Creative Musicians Retreat, 2019, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025

Education:

University of Colorado, Boulder, BFA (music composition and theory)

California Institute of the Arts, MFA (piano performance)

University of Denver, Sturm College of Law (juris doctor)