"Fragile things" was premiered at the von Kuster Hall at University of Western Ontario, March 30 2022.

Paul Baek, violin I
Jillian Yang, violin II
Rachel Miner, viola
Ethan Allers, cello
Joel Robertson, clarinet

This piece is about the small but precious things that make part of our lives. It is about shared moments that may seem uneventful in our busy days, but they grow in our memories with time to become fond pictures in our minds. Like silly moments with friends that make you laugh alone in the bus when you remember them, or hugging your parents in the morning; or even things you thought you hated in the moment they happened, like arguments with your friends and siblings. Things you did not know you cherished until they resurface in your thoughts when you are alone. Now, they are only these fragile things in an evanescent shape, their edges wafted away by time and a failing memory.

"Fragile things" for clarinet quintet

Commissioned by the Independent Music Association (INMUAS)
Premiere: Musikwerkstatt Alte Schmiede, Vienna, Austria, 2023-02-22
Celllos:
Hanna Vogel
Namdar Majidi
Manuel Schager

"In dark hues" encompasses some of our darkest thoughts and feelings, those we cannot face and thwart. Most of the time, those thoughts and feelings lie quietly in the back of our heads until they finally swell and overcome us before they slowly fade away again: anxiety, bitterness, and anguish.

"In dark hues" 3rd movement, "Will-o'-the-wisp"

"In dark hues" 2nd movement, "Night shadows"

"In dark hues" 1st movement, "Grey mist"

"drifting... Alone" for oboe trio
Premiered at University of Western Ontario, 2023/04/05
Margaret Hancox and Sebastian Handley, oboes
Jessica Arenas, English horn.

"drifting... Alone" for oboe trio

Premiered at University of Western Ontario, 2023/04/10

Paula Kokot, sax
Alex Drozd, trumpet
Patricio Flores, violin 
Tasman Tantasawat, viola
Isaac Lee, cello
Ryan Baxter, Piano

"Sonder" is a neologism coined by the American author John Koenig 2012. The word stands for "the profound feeling of realizing that everyone has a life as complex as one's own, which they are constantly living despite one's personal lack of awareness of it."

"Sonder" for sax, trumpet, string quartet, and piano

Two haiku songs for mezzo and piano, 1. Listen all creeping things.

Text by Kobayashi Issa

Vizma Zvaigzne, mezzo-soprano
Justine Eckhaut, piano

Recorded by @Recording On The Go  in July 2022 in Berlin

Two haiku songs 1. Listen, all creeping things

Two haiku songs, 2. Come, see

Text by Matsuo Bashō

Vizma Zvaigzne, mezzo-soprano
Justine Eckhaut, piano

Recorded by @Recording On The Go  in July 2022 in Berlin

Two haiku songs 2. Come, see

"O peso do Eco" for choir, four soloists, two pianos and percussion.
Choir: Brasil Ensemble
Soprano: Mariana Gomes
Alto: Beatriz Simões
Tenor: Guilherme Moreira
Baritone: Leo Thieze
Pianos: Duo Bretas-Kevorkian
Percussion: Leo Sousa, Fernanda Kremer e Tiago Calderano.
Conductor: Maria José Chevitarese

Piece awarded with Classical Music Award of National Foundation of Arts (FUNARTE)of 2014.  It was premiered at the XXI Biennale of Brazilian Contemporary Music.

"O peso do Eco" reveals a mind devastated by depression, afraid of a chance to get rid of its own darkness. Confused by isolation and morbid apathy, this mind turns back to drown in its obscure memories, raving in despair. It questions its salvation more and more, overwhelmed by fear. However it is through friendship, of trusting someone else, that this mind endures and is released from the horrors of the past.

"O peso do Eco" for choir, four soloists, two pianos and percussion

Thalyson Rodrigues toca "Sarcasmo nº 2" para piano solo.
Salão Leopoldo Miguez, Rio de Janeiro, RJ.

Sarcasmo nº 2 para piano solo

"Penumbra" interpretada pelo Quinteto Carioca.
Há um mal dissimulado entre as pessoas, devorando-as. Silencioso, ele se prende anonimamente a elas e, de certa forma, as solidifica numa imobilidade mórbida, deixando-as oscilar à beira do precipício. Essas pessoas se tornam cegas, ou melhor dizendo, enxergam apenas a escuridão, e todas as cores e formas mergulham num mundo cinzento e amargo. É algo incontrolável. Elas não percebem. Há apenas o silêncio, o isolamento e a inexorável beira do abismo.

Penumbra

"Pacífico" para duas sopranos, sax barítono e piano.
Déborah Cecília e Natália Trigo, sopranos.
Daniel Montanha, sax barítono.
Eduardo Torres, piano.

Esta é uma música plana, levemente ondulante, clara e difusa, simultaneamente. Sua ideia extramusical não está presa a pessoas ou a lugares, mas, estando você onde estiver, sozinho ou em uma multidão, ao momento onde, você percebe, você se sente parte de um universo que se molda ao seu redor, e a ele você pertence.

Pacífico

"Bobo" para flauta e dois percussionistas.
Guilherme Brandão, flauta.
Tiago Calderano e Pedro Moita, percussão.

Bobo - I Movimento, "melodia"

Bobo - II Movimento, "scherzo"

Bobo - III Movimento, "marcha"

XXII Bienal de Música Contemporânea 2017

Oboe: Luís Carlos Justi
Clarinet: Igor Carvalho
Horn: Philip Doyle
Violin I: Mariana Salles
Violin II: Ayran Nicodemo
Viola: João Senna
Cello: Pablo de Sá
Piano: Raquel Paixão
Conductor: Alexandre Schubert
Venue: Sala Cecília Meireles, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Premiere: October 28th 2017

"Sobre a angústia" translates from Portuguese as "about the anguish." It evokes our concerns about our dreams; the people that we care about the most; the things that are beyond our control but deeply affects us; and all the fear and anxiety that we feel when we dread to lose everything that is important to us. The piece has a sonata form with three themes in the exposition, which is an arch form. The main theme is a quotation from Brahm’s Fourth Symphony. The development is structured in a rondo form.

"Sobre a angústia" for oboe, clarinet, horn, string quartet and piano

"Entre Amigos" for oboe and clarinet

Oboe: Anastasia Ervin
Clarinet: Danny King
Premiere: October 28 2019, Kemp Hall at Illinois State University

"Entre amigos" for oboe and clarinet

This commission was made possible by the Steven R. Gerber Trust for the Fresh Inc Festival 2020.
Violin: Amalia Young
Viola: Tyler Pacheco
Cello: Herine Coetzee Koschak

Monomania is about an obsession for one thing, whichever this may be: something material, a dream, or a person. It’s about this thing growing in your thoughts, silently and slowly. You don’t realize what is happening and you don’t see it coming – until it’s too late. Until all your mind and will are bent over this ideal object, and until this relentless and insane desire of possessing it by all means crumbles your sanity. Dealing with the tricks of the mind is complex, and Monomania is about the impression of one’s obsessive mind, and how it sways from delusion to violence in the rush to clutch what it craves.

"Monomania" for string trio

"Monody" for soprano and percussion quartet.
Poem of Herman Melville.

Iris Abigail, soprano
Elliott Godinez, Chuck Willard, Lauren Bobarsky, Jake Okrzesik, percussion.

Center for the Performing Arts, Illinois State University
November 10, 2020.

"Monody" for soprano and percussion quartet

"Still" for guitar quartet
Guitars: Miguel Lumbao, Matthew Kwon, Jackson Miller, and Angelo L. Favis.
Premiere: October 26, 2020. Kemp Recital Hall - Illinois State University.

"Still" for guitar quartet

Brazilian composer based in Ontario, Canada.

Cadu Verdan

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