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list of works


​​for large ensemble
         
longing is an aviary for orchestra (5-8')
         dialogues in color (2020/2022) for string orchestra, piano, and percussion (14')
         as the light begins to drift (2019/2020) for sinfonietta or chamber orchestra (12')
         on buoyancy (2016) for orchestra (7’)
         ​fractured night/blue stars (2015) for orchestra (5’)
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for small ensemble
         
ghost story (2022) for soprano, harp, and percussion (8')
         nothing moves in a straight line (2022) for percussion quartet (5')
         almostdances (2022) for string quartet (7')
         birds, the binding of (2022) for high vocal quartet (8')
         
dream catalog (2021) for soprano, mezzo-soprano, and percussion quartet (9')
         reflected tides (2021) for soprano and chamber ensemble (20')
         entwining (2021) for clarinet, violin, cello, and piano (8')
         prisms and mirrors (2021) for pierrot sextet (11')
         ​interlocutor (2021) for piano quartet (9')
         a string quartet is like a flock of birds (2020) for string quartet (14')
         to grow in lightness (2020) for viola, percussion, harp, and piano (15')
         glimmersongs (2020) for pierrot ensemble (8’)
         insurance interludes (2019) for clarinet (or alto saxophone), cello, and piano (12’)
         anatomies of fragile things (2018) for oboe, violin, and piano (8’)
         clenched fist/open palm (2018) for spoken word poet and small ensemble (5’)
         debussy palimpsest (2018) for flute, viola, and harp (8’)
         automata (2018) for percussion quartet (3’)
         lavender and gray (2018) for narrator and small ensemble (6’)
         figures in violet light (2018) for Thai traditional instruments (10’)
         marking punctuations (2018) for string quartet (20’)
         blimunda songs (2017) for pierrot ensemble (6’)
         broken geometries (2017) for reed quintet (6’)
         reliquary (2016) for oboe, string trio and harp (8’)
         je suis plus près de toi dans l’obscurité... (2016) for brass quintet (5’)
         six significant landscapes (2015-16) for narrator and ensemble (25’)
         into the towering darkness... (2015) for wind quintet (5’)

for solo or duo
         phantom intermezzo (2021) for clarinet and piano (5')
         dances and prayers in isolation (2020) for various instrumentations (15')
         eventides (2020) for toy piano and melodica (1 player) (7')
         not of longing (2019) for soprano and contrabass (8’)
         dialogues in black and white (2019) for solo piano (11’)
         “iv. see and touch” from popcorn songs (2019) for soprano and piano (2’)
         blackout poetry (2017) for violin and piano (12’)
         three night pieces (2017) for flute and piano (12’)
         january fragments (2015) for solo piano (9’)
         soliloquy (2014) for solo viola (4’)

work in progress/upcoming projects 
         longing is an aviary for orchestra (5-8')
        
[new work] for orchestra (10-15')
       [new work]  for voice and piano (10')