The CATWALK residency in Catskill, New York, is housed in the estate of the 19th-century Hudson River School painter (and premiere director of Harvard's Museum) Charles Herbert Moore. While a resident artist at Catwalk, I ...
HUDSON VALLEY WORKS
Site-Specific Performance
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A new work for piano, rope bondage artist, and electronics. A personal take on the incorporation of sexuality into music composition.
Premiered on November 9 and 10, 2012 ...
TAME YOUR MAN
Piano, Bondage Artist, and Electronics
A minimalist-inspired work for SATB chamber choir, written Iceland with text by Matthías Johannessen, both in the original Icelandic and with translated solos in English. The percussion (bass drum and crotales) can be ...
UTAN HRINGSINS (OUTSIDE THE CIRCLE)
Choral
‘Chinook’ is a percussion quartet and a sonic representation of the Chinook (or ‘snow eater’) wind patterns near Boulder, Colorado. The piece was recorded and later filmed at the NCAR site (the National Center for ...
CHINOOK
Site-Specific Performance
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12-track album released 06. September 2001. A sound 'diary' of one year living in Iceland as a Fulbright Fellow in music composition.
"A piano and organ in a church, some hand claps, the sounds of ...
THE ORIGIN OF THE SUN AND MOON
Recording
Wungsten is a Pittsburgh-based trio of composer-performers (Mark Fromm, Sally Bozzuto, and myself) who write songs about outer space, animals (usually mammals), and recompose familiar tunes. Currently on haitus, their last ...
WUNGSTEN
Collaboration, Performance
A collaborative performance piece set in Holavallagarður cemetery in Reykjavík, Iceland. Artist Ásdís Sif Gunnarsdóttir and I created a work based on her original texts. Several stereos were placed ...
THE PINK ROSE
Site-Specific Performance
On Death is a short recorded music piece and sound collage that interprets themed texts from senior citizens at a retirement community in Dublin, Ireland. It was commissioned by artist Rhona Byrne for Balcony Project. More ...
ON DEATH
Recording, Site-specific
I was a participating member in a unique project for Mattress Factory Museum, curated by artist Mark Garry. International musicians were invited to the museum and collaborated with members of the museum staff, including ...
A GENEROUS ACT
Musician in Residence, Recording
I received a commission from the Charm Bracelet Microgrant program to compose music for a series of live performances on a walking tour of Pittsburgh's North Side. Compositions explored the history, landscape, architecture, ...
MUSIC OF NORTH SIDE SPACES
Site-Specific Performance
A collaboration with Irish artist Rhona Byrne on two works involving roller coasters, first on view at Mattress Factory Museum of Contemporary and then for exhibit in several art festivals around the world, including the ...
COASTER CHOIR/COASTER CONDUCTOR
Choral, Performance
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Hand-crocheted wire stalactite for the exhibit 'Behind Our Scenes', curated by Nikki Rosato and Laura Mustio. Nearly a mile of wire was used to complete the ten-foot-tall sculpture. I created a looped soundtrack ...
STALACTITE
Installation
