Harbor Locks
I was commissioned by Stephen Rogers Radcliffe to compose a piece for the Seattle Youth Symphony. Harbor Locks is inspired by various sounds often heard in the Northwest, including the sound of a distant ship’s whistle interspersed throughout the piece. The piece begins with a placid chord in the strings while the winds and brass begin to appear out of this texture. This tranquil texture transitions to a section of building energy until the piece arrives at a wall of sound in the brass and the sound of the ship’s horn returns much more definitively. This piece is an homage to my experience growing up in the Northwest and the characteristic sounds of this part of the world.
2. Dynamic Checkerboard
I have always had an interested architecture and I have noticed that the design of one building not only affects the way we view it but also the way we see the building surrounding it. Similarly this piece is all about juxtaposing two contrasting ideas, and exploring how the ideas can interact with and complement each other.
3. Songs of Seasons and Coffee
Songs of Seasons and Coffee is a setting of poetry by my grandmother written for and performed by Front Porch at the University of Michigan.
1st movement begins at 0:00
2nd movement begins at 4:05
3rd movement begins at 7:48
4th movement begins at 11:44
4. Brass Panels
Brass Panels was composed for the Seattle Symphony Horn Section.
5. Dog Claws
Dog Claws was composed for and performed by Hypercube at the Charlotte New Music Workshop.
6. Illusory Truth
I am also adding this very short electroacoustic carillon piece as a supplement to my portfolio. Illusory Truth was performed by Tiffany Ng on the Rockefeller Memorial Carillon at the University of Chicago and has also been performed on Carillons at the University of Michigan and the University of Northern Iowa.