Featured Works

Choral

2023

Le parole dei mesi

SATB with divisi a cappella

A madrigal for SATB choir a cappella on a text by Tonino Guerra which captures the sounds, scents, and tastes of the Italian countryside

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Instrumental

2015

Alternate Routes

Soprano Saxophone, Strings, Piano

Composed for GRAMMY Award winning saxophonist Branford Marsalis, this concertino for soprano saxophone, strings and piano fuses lyric melodies and rich harmonies with Hip-Hop grooves keep the musicians and audience members dancing in their seats.

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Vocal

2022

Due Poesie di Tonino Guerra

Voice and Piano (available in versions for high or low voice)

Due Poesie di Tonino Guerra features of settings of two of the Romagnolo poet's most famous poems. The two songs explore the expressive sound of air, our connection to the world around us and teaches us that wonders can happen if we believe in ourselves.

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Choral

2022

An American Requiem

SATB Soloists, Choir, Organ

Written after a series of mass shootings throughout the United States, and revised during the COVID-19 pandemic, this powerful oratorio fuses different styles from Gospel and Blues to Renaissance counterpoint and Romanticism. This original adaptation of the traditional Requiem text in English offers a message of hope and salvation for dark times.

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Instrumental

2019

Remixes on a Theme by Handel

Piano Solo

A musical guessing game disguised as a theme and variations for solo piano. The theme is one of Handel's most beloved melodies. Can you figure out which one it is before we reach the double bar line?

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Vocal

2022

Un'alma innamorata

Countertenor (or mezzo-soprano) 2 violins, cello, harpsichord (lute/theorbo ad lib.)

Un’alma innamorata (“A soul in love”) is a cantata for counter-tenor and baroque ensemble on an 18th-century text attributed to Abbé Francesco Mazziotti originally set by G. F.Handel. The piece fuses Jazz, Blues, Spirituals and Neapolitan Song with Baroque structures to relate the timeless message of an anonymous lover who comes to terms with the pains of their fidelity. In the end the moral of the story: “He who wishes to delight in love must first learn how one goes about loving.”

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Opera

2022

La contesa canora fra le Pieridi e le Muse (The Singing Contest between the Pierides and the Muses)

Soloists, Mixed Voices, Piano 4 Hands

Arrogance battles virtue in this cantata about the legendary singing competition between the Muses and the Pierides. Ovid himself narrates while a cast of 21 singers reenacts the events of that fateful day. In the end the winners are crowned and all join in an epic, foot-stomping fugue.

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Opera

2021

inSOMNIA

Soprano, Mezzosoprano, Baritone, Actor, Flute, Clarinet, Bassoon, Violin, Viola, Cello, Bass, Piano

This sensational chamber opera draws the audience into an imaginary realm, blurring the line between dreams and reality.

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Vocal

2022

Quarantine Camp

Voice and Piano (Available for high or low voice)

A cycle of six songs on poems by Ryan Vine which explore the surreal experience of life under lockdown during the COVID-19 pandemic.  *Awarded 2nd Prize in the 2023 NATS Art Song Composition Competition

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