lavender and gray (2018) for narrator and small ensemble

lavender and gray was written and premiered in collaboration with poet Erica Cheung as part of "synesthesia: poetry+music" in April 2018, a concert of interdisciplinary works featuring original music by Rice composers and original texts by Rice writers. It is scored for narrator, piccolo, violin, and piano, and may be performed as a two-movement work in combination with clenched fist/open palm, which is scored for the same ensemble. 

lavender and gray is a setting of Erica Cheung's poem "synesthesia," which is published in her book "We Who Are Not Native."
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www.blurb.com/b/8685368-we-who-are-not-native

NODUS Ensemble performs lavender and gray in November 2018

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selected performances 
​Nov. 2018 — NODUS Ensemble, Fall Concert Series, Miami Beach Urban Studios, Miami, FL
​Aug. 2018 — Blackbox Ensemble and Ming Li Wu, Scholes Street Studio, Brooklyn, NY
Jul. 2018 — Bowdoin International Music Festival, Studzinski Concert Hall, Brunswick, ME
Apr. 2018 — synesthesia: poetry+music, Rice Memorial Chapel, Houston, TX

selected honors
NODUS 2018 Call for Scores, Chosen Submission