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I’m so sad about the cancellation of the Bucknell University Choir’s performance of The Branch Will Not Break this past March. However, I’m so touched that their music director, Beth Willer, arranged for a virtual choir version, featuring their singers and tracks from my latest album. The video was mixed by Mike Tierney and compiled…

A few mornings ago, my partner Carrie Sun pointed out that my ritual pumping of my bike tires sounded an awful lot like my music, so I just decided to add it into the piece. Here’s Carrie and I having fun with sand blocks (from our local hardware store) and bike pumps:

I had a fun live stream with Sandbox Percussion talking about the new piece I’m writing for them and (prepared) pianist Conor Hanick last week! You can catch it on repeat here:

Having nothing else to do but wait along with everyone else, I combed through my Spotify releases and tried to curate a playlist of an hour and a half or so “for this moment.” Enjoy! Stay safe. There’s a link to buy these releases in the discography section. It would be great if you bought…

The lovely Ashley Bathgate performs my piece On Being Wrong for cello and electronics! From her new album Ash on New Amsterdam Records

Dear Friends, I woke up to some very exciting news yesterday. My most recent album, The Pieces That Fall to Earth, made in collaboration with Wild Up and New Amsterdam Records, was nominated for a Grammy! As you can imagine, I’m absolutely thrilled. A huge amount of collective effort went into the three-year-long process and I’m so thankful in particular to conductor Christopher…

Beautiful performance of my new piece Why Was I Born Between Mirrors? by the Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble, who also co-commissioned the work. My trusty collaborator Ian Rosenbaum went through about ten different sets of flower pots to find just the right ones.

Dear Friends, I hope your fall is off to a great start. I’ve been commuting from Brooklyn to Baltimore this semester teaching composition at the Peabody Institute, which has been a lot of fun, and I wanted to let you know about some of the highlights of my coming year. This October, Shai Wosner will…

My new album, The Pieces That Fall to Earth is now available everywhere albums are found. Here are a few choice press quotes that have come out so far: “A stunning trio of song cycles” — Tom Huizenga, NPR Music’s Top 10 Albums Of July “Absolutely ravishing vocal harmonies, shot through with streaks of sonic…