prisms and mirrors (2021) for pierrot sextet
I’m fascinated by prismatic musical forms: structures that continuously refract and reflect, kaleidoscopically shifting and evolving but at the same time static and unchanging. I imagine a light shined through a series of crystals and mirrors, shimmering into colorful spectra and bouncing in unexpected directions. Similarly, prisms and mirrors maps a single idea through a series of musical refractions and reflections, a set of continuous variations which is by turns textural, rhythmic, and melodic. To me, this concept of musical form resonates with the beautifully collaborative nature of writing music, in which all ideas are continually refracted throughout the course of notation, interpretation, and performance. prisms and mirrors musically enacts this refraction, with all the fragility, intricacy, and color of a prism refracting light.
prisms and mirrors was commissioned by the Boston New Music Initiative as part of their 2020-21 season. It is scored for flute, clarinet, violin, cello, percussion, and piano.
prisms and mirrors was commissioned by the Boston New Music Initiative as part of their 2020-21 season. It is scored for flute, clarinet, violin, cello, percussion, and piano.
selected performances
2024 TBD — U.S. Army Band “Pershing’s Own” Chamber Players, Washington, D.C.
Sep. 2023 — TEMPO Ensemble, California State University, Northridge, Los Angeles, CA
Mar. 2023 — UChicago New Music Ensemble, Logan Center for the Arts, Chicago, IL
Nov. 2022 — Society for New Music, SCI Conference, Syracuse, NY
May 2022 — Cortona Collective, Cortona Sessions, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL
Jan. 2022 — Blackbox Ensemble, Intersections, Williams College I/O Festival, Williamstown, MA
Dec. 2021 — Blackbox Ensemble, Intersections, Grace and St. Paul’s Church, New York, NY
Jun. 2021 — Boston New Music Initiative, Living Music Summit: Zaka, Boston, MA
selected honors
Cortona Prize, Winner
2024 TBD — U.S. Army Band “Pershing’s Own” Chamber Players, Washington, D.C.
Sep. 2023 — TEMPO Ensemble, California State University, Northridge, Los Angeles, CA
Mar. 2023 — UChicago New Music Ensemble, Logan Center for the Arts, Chicago, IL
Nov. 2022 — Society for New Music, SCI Conference, Syracuse, NY
May 2022 — Cortona Collective, Cortona Sessions, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL
Jan. 2022 — Blackbox Ensemble, Intersections, Williams College I/O Festival, Williamstown, MA
Dec. 2021 — Blackbox Ensemble, Intersections, Grace and St. Paul’s Church, New York, NY
Jun. 2021 — Boston New Music Initiative, Living Music Summit: Zaka, Boston, MA
selected honors
Cortona Prize, Winner