movement I.
     movement II.
     movement III.

This is a three-movement work written during my sophomore and junior year at Ithaca College. It is influenced by the string quartets of Bartok, Ravel, Debussy, and Stravinsky.
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This composition originated as an assignment for my freshman composition class. The piece is in ternary form, and attempts to demonstrate the versatility of its unusual instrumentation. The piece has been performed a few times across the northeast and in Canada.

This is a quirky piece demonstrating the more humorous characteristics of the bassoon. The piece displays the agility of the instrumental while exploiting its different registers.

This composition is a combination of sectional and continuous variations, all derived from the beginning theme, stated by the trombone. The themes weave throughout the ensemble, giving each member of the quintet a moment to shine.

This art song is a through-composed setting of a text by ee cummings. Roseanna Cyr commissioned the piece for her senior recital at Mt. Holyoke College and in 2006 it was awarded Ithaca College’s Jack Downy Vocal Composition prize.

This is a setting of a text by Kathryn Mahad, a writer and professor at Ithaca College. The text is the monologue of a character named Hiram Stowe. This poem, and character, is part of a series of other imaginary characters from an imaginary town called Redwing. This text was selected and set specifically for Adam Strube, the bass on the recording.

This short song was written for vocalist Diana Yourke. The text is by Emily Dickinson and the setting tries to capture the mysterious nature that is invited by the poem. This recording is from Roseanna Cyr’s senior voice recital at Mt. Holyoke College.