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Ballads / Striations (2026)
tenor sax, viola, cello, electronics
for Wet Ink Ensemble
duration: 15′
Premiere: September 27, 2026, Zürcher Gallery (NYC)

Nighthawks (2026)
clarinet, tenor saxophone, violin, cello, piano, drums, bass
for Madison Greenstone, Ingrid Laubrock, Mariel Roberts Musa, Vicky Chow, Dan Weiss, Luke Stewart
duration: 60′
Premiere Recording: “Nighthawks” (Pyroclastic Records – February 2027)

…with a single resonance (2026)
flute/voice, guitar, violin, cello
for Trinket (Alice Teyssier, Dan Lippel, Michael Nicolas)
duration: 15′
Premiere: January 27, 2026, Miller Theater PopUp Concerts

Rune (2025)
solo violin/viola with electronics
for Big Ears Festival
duration: 60′
Premiere: March 28, 2025, Big Ears Festival (Knoxville, TN)

Liminal (2023, rev. 2025)
soprano, flute, tenor saxophone, percussion, piano, violin, cello, electronics
for Wet Ink Ensemble
duration: 13′
Premiere: June 13, 2025, Roulette Intermedium (NYC)

Never, never… (2024)
clarinet, bassoon, percussion, viola
for International Contemporary Ensemble: Alexander Davis, Emmalie Tello, and Nathan Davis
duration: 12′
Premiere: December 17, 2024, Fridman Gallery (NYC)

Event Horizon (2023)
undectet
for Anna Webber, Nate Wooley, David Byrd-Marrow, Dan Peck, yuniya edi kwon, Joanna Mattrey, Mariel Roberts, Lester St. Louis, Cory Smythe, and Kate Gentile
Ascending Primes ALBUM (Pyroclastic Records – 2024) / FILM BY FRANK HEATH

Lynx (2023)
violin, cello, and electronics
for Mariel Roberts and Sam Pluta
Ascending Primes ALBUM (Pyroclastic Records – 2024)

Ascender (2022-23)
violin with distortion pedal
Ascending Primes ALBUM (Pyroclastic Records – 2024) / FILM BY FRANK HEATH

Everything Around It Moves (2022)
string quartet and piano
for Gabriela Diaz, Kyle Armbrust, Mariel Roberts, and Cory Smythe
Ascending Primes ALBUM (Pyroclastic Records – 2024) / SCORE

Fragmentation And The Single Form (2022)
cornet, voice/electronics, 2 violins with distortion pedal, piano, drums, tuba
for Ben LaMar Gay, Charmaine Lee, Erica Dicker, Cory Smythe, Kate Gentile, and Dan Peck
Ascending Primes ALBUM (Pyroclastic Records – 2024)

Near To Each (2021)
saxophone, violin, cello, piano
for Ingrid Laubrock, Mariel Roberts, and Cory Smythe
Near To Each ALBUM (Carrier Records – 2022) / LIVE PERFORMANCE VIDEO

Violin Solo
Whalefall [SCORE]
Tenor Solo
Crystallization I [SCORE]
Opening

Ballad [SCORE]
Superball Duo
Ritual / Crystallization II
Chorale

Engage (2018)
violin solo
ALBUM RECORDING

Polyphony (for SP)
Cadential
Engage
Pastoral
Range

J.S. Bach: Ciaccona (1720), with Just Intonation [arr. Modney, 2018]
violin solo
ALBUM RECORDING / SCORE

EVRLY MUSIC (2017)
violin and guitar
co-composed with Patrick Higgins
ALBUM RECORDING

Funeral
Renaissance Recap
A New Austerity
Courtesan

Beating No. 2
Concertina
Prime
Lament

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