Oct
03
2011
During my time at Mills College I had the privilege to study Javanese Gamelan with Daniel Schmidt: an amazing teacher and composer most famous for being one of the first people to bring Gamelan to the west. Additionally, Mills houses the Gamelan that Lou Harrison built while teaching there. Daniel, in addition to his aforementioned …
Mar
28
2011
Here is short piece made for a memorial concert for my friend Christina Parks who died recently. I recorded myself playing the first 7 partials of the low B and C# and the first 6 of the low F# of the flute, all in just intonation, composed with only those pitches, and run them through …
Feb
21
2009
Pulses (2009) for Bonang Pelog, Electric Guitar, Pentachord, and Contrabass explores the unique timbral qualities of the gamelan and a long string instrument mixed with more “traditional” instruments. The string instruments play only natural harmonics in order to match the Just Intonation tuning of the bonang. The Pentachord is a long string instrument built by Cole …
Mar
21
2008
Third Transmutation (2008) is a djembe solo written to emphasize the rich timbral qualities of the drum. Through a progression of gradually changing rhythms, dynamics, and tones, a wash of overtones is created. Third Transmutation (excerpt)
Apr
21
2007
Aurora (2007) for solo male flautist deals with blurring the line between performer and instrument. The piece evolves over a series of one breath long phrases and fuses traditional playing with singing and extended techniques to create a sonic hybrid between the flute and the flautist.