NYSCA 2024 Application Artist Samples

Too late in the Evening (Sample 1)

Too Late in the Evening (2023) - amplified soprano, amplified alto flute, fixed media, and live processing

This work highlights how diegetic samples interact with sung poetry and my musical language. This recording is from the premiere at SPLICE Institute in Kalamazoo, MI on June 30, 2023.

all that’s left is dirt and sky (Sample 2)

all that’s left is dirt and sky (2019) - amplified soprano, amplified trumpet, fixed media

This work highlights my writing for voice and instrument with electronics. It also highlights my original poetry, which will be included in the newly proposed project. This is a studio recording, released on New Focus Recordings August 3, 2023.

The text is below:

mvt i:

lonely, the sound of his heartbeat
half asleep
lost in dreams
the salty taste of his memory

mvt ii:

light, horizon’s calling
light, the twilights yawning
light, the sky is burning

a sunrise?
a sunset?

I yearn for home

mvt. iii: (not included in audio excerpt)

the disillusioned community
still sells books on the corner

what propels us forward?
the memory
the promise

there was a cardinal outside my window
the steam rises from my coffee
I can hear the sound of your laughter in the other room
echoing into the horizon