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A few years ago, Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts asked me to dream up a project that could happen outside. Almost everything I write assumes a controlled space — even the opera I set in a train station reached its audience through headphones. So the invitation pushed me somewhere I hadn’t been. The…

The album is here. The Year of Silence — performed by the Louisville Orchestra, Teddy Abrams, and Dashon Burton — is out today on PENTATONE. Stream or buy it here. Curtain call after the world premiere, Louisville Orchestra, Whitney Hall. Photo: Carrie Sun The piece began with a Kevin Brockmeier short story I first read…

Here’s the premiere performance of The Last Message Received, performed by the Northwestern University Symphony Orchestra and Choirs and directed by Donald Nally on April 30, 2022. More information at this link.

What Divine Instrument What Divine Instrument (2020) for choir and orchestra was premiered by NC State’s Raleigh Civic Symphony and Chamber Orchestra (Peter Askim, conductor) and the NC State Chorale and University Singers (Nathan Leaf, conductor) on April 10th. This work was commissioned by the NC State University Department of Music and the Raleigh Civic…

I’m happy to share with you the new trailer for In a Grove. Excitingly, Pittsburgh Opera will be presenting the In a Grove video premiere on Sunday, May 15th at 7:00pm via YouTube. Please register at the link below:

I’ve been teaching courses at the Mannes School of Music at the New School for the past year, and I’m honored to join the composition faculty today alongside Kamala Sankaram, and to work with such amazing composers colleagues Timo Andres, Jessie Montgomery, Missy Mazzoli, Lowell Libermann, Huang Ruo, Valerie Coleman, Hannah Lash, Joan Labarbara, David…

Unbelievably thrilled to be nominated for a 2022 GRAMMY for Best Classical Compendium for The Arching Path, released this past May on In a Circle Records. This will be my second, since the nomination of my 2019 album, The Pieces That Fall to Earth. The team of people involved—the intrepid performers, producer Mike Tierney—were so…

Part I: The album. So first things first, I’m unbelievably proud to share that the Invisible Cities album will be available on November 4th from The Industry‘s new venture, The Industry Records. The album was produced, mixer, and recorded by the sonic magician, Nick Tipp, who was also the lead sound engineer in the live…