Deadlock I

Live recording by Shenandoah Conservatory Wind Ensemble, Tim Rivenburg, conductor
Andriessen 75 La Giro, April 12, 2014

Junk Pop

Written for and performed at the 2015 Charlotte New Music Festival and Dance Co-Lab.  Collaborated with Allie Nunweiler for the dance that goes with the music and written for the Great Noise Ensemble; Sacha Place, fl; Katherine Kellert, cl; Francesca Hurst, pno; Shawn Galvin, perc with Armando Bayolo conducting.  The voices heard are the dancers of the piece, Amanda Rentschler, Claire Nagy-Kato, Malanah Hobgood and Yemi Wrenn.

This May Be Uncomfortable, But Please Don't Show Your Discomfort

In collaboration with the Harrisburg Symphony Youth Orchestra, Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet, and Simon Hoke, choreographer. Conducted by Stuart Malina.

After Gustav Holst, poetry by Christina Rossetti, and paintings by Caspar David Friedrich (pictured: Sea of Ice).

Premiered January 30, 2016.

Freeze thou bitter sky

Aria from Adams Run, "Oh Lord", orchestra only, looping. Elise Blake, violin; Greg Williams, viola; Jillian Bloom, cello; Julia Sheriff, keyboard; George Lam, conductor; Mat Leffler-Schulman, recording engineer and loop master. Music by Ruby Fulton.

Adam's Run - Oh Lord (looping)

Anekantavada:.. most young kings get their heads cut off  Performer: Peabody Symphony Orchestra conducted by Ryan Tani

Anekantavada:.. most young kings get their heads cut off

Premiere recording at Shenandoah Conservatory.

Music and Text:  Jonathan Wyatt
Vocalist:  Kaley Reid
Pianist:  Krista Humphries
Recording and Mixing:  David Angell

Text:
undone
cold winter night
long walk to field
first embrace, bliss
surrounded by dark

broken
the world is it and through it you are born
alone and crying
madness

blue stone
false, plastic
its untruth marks ours
the wet sun
fat and bulbous
we fuck out of boredom

for you
the end

Damage

Hypnic is an art song for solo soprano and piano
Original Poetry: Josephine Cariño
Soprano: Kirstie Mosher
Pianist: Thomas Joseph
Composer: Thomas Joseph

Hypnic (Live-raw) Kirstie Mosher(Soprano), Thomas Joseph(Composer/Piano), Josephine Cariño (Poetry)

C19H23ClN2 • HCl

Scorched is meant to evoke the sound and force of a burning forest, leaving behind a black, desolate landscape.

This recording is of a reading by the American Modern Ensemble, mixed and mastered by the sexy, beautiful, and supremely talented Christopher Fenton.

Scorched

Performed by the New Millennium Brass Ensemble. Trumpet solo by Ethan Marks.

This May Be Uncomfortable, But Please Don't Show Your Discomfort

Jeremy Parel