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Year
Title
Instrumentation
Sakura Sakura
A spin on the traditional Japanese folk tune – this version of “Sakura Sakura” is reimagined using a 6/8+3/4 Bembé groove and modal reharmonization. Check out this premiere recording to hear the 16-bar form, 12-bar solo section with a free time drum solo before getting back into the groove.
Sax – Andrew Kadar
Piano – Corey Stark
Bass – Harry Pogorzelski-Ponichtera
Drums – Trevor Torres
Mantis Overture
The first movement of a symphony in progress, the Mantis Overture is the winner of the Ithaca College ’24 orchestra composition competition. The Mantis Symphony is titled after the agile string and woodwind lines and methodical brass figures resembling that of the graceful mantis navigating the wild. Barren echoing horn calls send conniving and tactile melodies weaving their way around the orchestra.
The video operator was Zach Smith. The score reader was Andrew Kadar.
I Was Made For Good
Recording unavailable.
Commissioned by the Caroline Elementary School in Ithaca, NY, this piece carries an inspiring message of identity and self-love, accompanied with a lively piano part. Written in collaboration with the students who contributed their own ideas towards the lyrics.
Wretched’s Lament
In this lament, the piano weeps and shouts with deeply dramatic and intense punctuation of bass notes and agonizing chordal passages in the higher register.
Luminimbus
Vivacious mallet percussion using animated pentatonic language coupled with bright untuned percussion drives the piece and will get you feeling all bubbly inside.
Rocket 1492
In this 2 violin, viola, cello, bass string quintet, each part is filled with activity. Structured with a tense chordal introduction to a dramatic 7/8 theme to a lush cello solo and even unison stomps from the ensemble, find yourself transported to a world of thrill from start to finish.
Dune Dash
Technical woodwinds, thunderous brass, and claves in the percussion, this piece will have you feel like you’re dashing from dune to dune!
As the Glimpse Caves In
Throughout powerful, harmonically dense writing for choir, I set the text of “As the World Caves In” by Matt Maltese alongside “Glimpse of Us” by Joji to tell the story of a glimpse of the past slipping away from memory.
Recording unavailable.
3 Pieces for Bassoon
A technical neo-romantic piece in 3 movements with lyrical and memorable themes for the bassoon and a rich and adventurous piano accompaniment.
Bassoon – Casey Delsandro
Piano – Andrew Woodruff