MUSIC CATALOG
Do Wars Really End?
Mezzo Soprano with Handbell and Electronics
Composed: 2022/2023 Premiered: 2023
Inspired by my fascination with history, this collection of songs uses poetry from different perspectives during World War I. The text comes from philosophers, poets, and even a soldier serving in the war. These songs combine the use of handbell and pre-recorded electronic sounds with a mezzo soprano voice to create a sonic environment of mourning and melancholy as it relates to tragedy that comes with war.
Score and Parts
Short Pieces from a Brooklyn Apartment
Trumpet with Electronics
Composed: 2022/2023 Premiered: 2023
This collection of pieces, written for a trumpet and different electronics, was written through my exploration of using electronics along with my trumpet. It includes the use of pre-recorded synthesizer sounds, a looper pedal, and the modifying of the trumpet through different guitar effect pedals. The premise behind the composition was that it was something that I could play by myself in my apartment.
Score and Parts Coming soon
Synesthetic Ghosts
Reed Quintet
Composed: 2022
Inspired by the art of Wassily Kandinsky and his intrigue toward the condition of synesthesia, this piece looks to replicate the experience of walking through an art gallery and appreciating different pieces of art, while also comparing them to the previous art pieces viewed. This piece combines written music and guided improvisation with a visual score to help give the performers a sense of synesthetic thoughts.
Score and Parts Coming soon
Memories from Large Children
Open Instrumentation
Composed: 2022 Premiered: 2023
This text guided improvisation was written as an exercise in listening, improvisation, and ensemble chemistry. Because I feel this is a piece that can be beneficial for any ensemble, new or old, this score is available for free by clicking on the photo to the right.
An Oak in the Desert
Brass Ensemble + Percussion
Composed: 2021 Premiered: 2022
Commissioned by the Titan Brass Club and Arts Inter-Club Council of California State University, Fullerton, this piece is written in dedication and memoriam to my grandfather and uncle. This work celebrates the Mexican half of my heritage, utilizing multiple elements of the Mexican music tradition.
Score and Parts
Score and Parts Coming soon
The World is Changing
Trumpet Quartet + Narrator
Composed: 2020
Written in April of 2020, this piece was meant as an uplifting message to the people undergoing the sudden changes brought on by the Covid-19 Pandemic. The text was meant to offer a reminder of hope and the good that can come in the future.
Score and Parts Coming soon
N1E7P20
Pierrot Ensemble + Percussion
Composed: 2020
Inspired by the band Rush, this pierrot + percussion piece explores the systematic styles of composition used by the band, as well as the abrupt changes in style and sound.
Score and Parts
Hymn Americana
Brass Quintet
Composed: 2019
This three-movement work for brass quintet, written in 2019, celebrates the american concert music style. The piece draws its inspiration from patriotic tunes of the United States, as well as styles of the American Concert Band tradition. The three movements feature elements of marches, fanfares, and chorale playing.
Score and Parts
