COMMMISSIONS

  • Utah Opera | Golden Spike Commission: Burial
  • MIFA Victory Players | Canción Exaltada
  • Boston Opera Collaborative | A Case of Anxiety • Triangle • She's Fabulous
  • Justin Vickers, tenor | Same-Heart Knot • War Wedding
  • Joseph Conyers, double bass | Shadow Confrontations
  • Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia | Les Bouteilles de la Table Ronde
  • Network for New Music | Automata • Passages
  • American Composers Forum, Philadelphia | New Voices Commission: Curious Habit of Madre Usimbalda



RESIDENCIES

  • Yaddo, Saratoga Springs NY
  • Djerassi Resident Artists Program, Woodside CA
  • I-Park Foundation, East Haddam CT
  • Brush Creek Foundation for the Arts, Saratoga WY
  • Anderson Center for Interdisciplinary Studies, Red Wing MN
  • Kimmel Harding Nelson for the Arts, Nebraska City NE
  • Virginia Center for Creative Arts, Amherst VA
  • Willapa Bay AiR, Oysterville WA



HONORS

  • The American Opera Project | Composers & the Voice Fellowship
  • Fort Worth Opera | Frontiers New Work Showcase: Triangle
  • International Society of Bassists | Grand Prize Winner, David Walter Competition: Shadow Confrontations
  • National Opera Association | Finalist, Dominick Argento Chamber Opera Competition: Triangle
  • American Prize | 2nd Place, Vocal Chamber Music: More Beautiful Than Night • 2nd Place, Opera/Theater/Dance/Film: Triangle
  • Third Millennium Ensemble | Winner, Cheryl A. Spector Prize: Shadow Confrontations
  • University of Pennsylvania | George Crumb Music Fellowship • Benjamin Franklin Fellowship • Helen L. Weiss Music Prize: War Wedding



PERFORMING ENSEMBLES / PRESENTERS

OPERA / VOCAL

  • Utah Opera
  • Fort Worth Opera | Frontiers
  • Boston Opera Collaborative
  • New Opera West
  • One Ounce Opera
  • Hartford Opera Theater
  • Opera Fayetteville
  • Opera on Tap (Chicago/Oklahoma City/Twin Cities)
  • International Opera Theater
  • University of Alabama Opera Theater
  • Baldwin Wallace University Conservatory of Music
  • Butler Opera Theatre
CHAMBER MUSIC / FESTIVALS
  • Network for New Music
  • Red Note New Music Festival
  • Illumine
  • People Inside Electronics
  • NMF Kamermuziekfestival bij Natuurmonumenten
  • New Music on the Bayou
  • Cortona Sessions for New Music
  • Massachusetts International Festival of the Arts Victory Players
  • International Guitar Research Centre
  • Litha Symphony Orchestra
  • Annenberg Center for Performing Arts



SCHOOL LEARNIN'

  • University of Pennsylvania | Ph.D. in Music Composition
  • Longy School of Music | M.M. in Music Composition
  • Hartt School, University of Hartford | B.M. in Music Composition
  • Principal Teachers: Anna Weesner, James Primosch, Jay Reise, Paul Brust, Robert Carl, Larry Alan Smith