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Compositions to Date

A list of all recorded / performed compositions. The most substantial composition are in noted with ***. Videos linked if available. Sheet music on Patreon Soon. For now, if you want to perform any of these pieces, please just send me an email!

Mauve (Solo Celesta)

2024

Video Performance My last piece written as a student at Texas State. When you have a chance to play celesta, you do it

Anfractuosity (Solo Melodica)

2024

Video Performance Melodica has great classical music potential to be explored, and I continue to explore it

***Infinity Behind Your Eyes (String Orchestra)

2024

Audio Recording For the universe within every human. Another important composition. Read by the TXST orchestra

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***Harmony Shakes the Earth (Concert Band)

2024

Audio Recording For when many gather together for one cause, great things can happen. My first concert band piece and most important composition to date. Read by the TXST wind symphony

What Keeps Me From Napping (SATB Choir)

2023

Audio Recording Lyrics written after a failed attempt at a practice room nap, read by TXST Chorale

Musical Charades (Flex Ensemble)

2023

Video Performance Composed for TXST's Mysterium Ensemble. Experimental notation and performance for any sized ensemble

Groovy Tuba (Tuba and Rap Duet)

2023

Video Recording Inspired by bass driven hip hop music

Brass Magic (Trumpet and Live Electronics)

2023

Video Performance I wrote this piece to explore the use of live electronics in composition and to help me learn trumpet

***Untitled Dance Film

2023

Video Directed by Ashley Mann, my first professional collaboration utilizing film, and my first time working with dance

The Band Kid and the Rap Nerd (Percussion and Rap Duet)

2022

Video Performance Inspired by kids that would bang on desks before class and other kids that liked to freestyle rap

Lemon Pepper (Sax Quartet)

2022

Video Performance Full title: "Seasoning w/ Lemon Pepper 'til the Lid Pops Off & It Spills Everywhere". Using Latin rhythms and a synthetic scale, I capture the flavor of my favorite spice and build a narrative around it

***Emcee Conductor Man (Emcee-Conductor and Chamber Ensemble)

2021

Video Performance A bold composition exploring the conductor's role in the ensemble, hip hop culture in an academic space, and large step toward finding my voice

she told me about this competition (Electronic)

2021

Video Performance My entry for the 2021 Petrichor International Music Competition, a "romantic horror" produced in Logic Pro X

The Snap Clap Song (Body Percussion and Rap Duet)

2021

Video Performance Written for my senior composition recital, my first time using rap in a composition 

Emilio, Gregorio, y Espidión (Flute, Clarinet, Guitar Trio)

2021

Video Performance Written for my senior composition recital, a piece honoring my grandpa, his uncle, and his father (the latter two played clarinet and flute respectively)

***discourse punctuated with percussion (percussion trio, zoom, multimedia)

2021

Video Performance Originally meant for the SU percussion trio to perform over zoom, the piece took on a life of its own after COVID restrictions were lifted

A Spring Cliché (String Quartet)

2020

Video Performance Also written for my senior composition recital

Anywhere With You (Solo Piano)

2020

Video Performance This piece was written for my senior composition recital at Southwestern University

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