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January 2025
Virginia B. Toulmin Comission
I am so excited to announce that I was chosen to write an orchestral piece for the Grand Rapids Symphony as part of the Virgina B. Toulmin Commissioning Program
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January 2024
'Where can I live?'
My score for Miranda Jacoby's animated short premiered as part of the 'Things Took a Turn' anthology.
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recent events
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June 2023
The Victory Players premiered my piece 'Nieve' as a culmination to our two-year collaboration 'Si Se Puede.'
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March 12-April 3, 2023
I was a 50th Anniversary Scholar at The Virginia Center for the Creative Arts.
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March 24, 2023
Nat 28 will performed my piece 'Folia' as part of their 2022-23 Pittsburgh composer's project concert.
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December 10, 2022
White Snake Project premiered my opera 'Rosa' as part of their 'Let's Celebrate' concert series.
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June 2022
I participated in The Victory Players 2022 Residency, 'Si se puede.'
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March 2022
I participated in the American Composers Orchestra's Earshot reading session with the Houston Symphony Orchestra.
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October 1, 2021
The Chamber Orchestra of Pittsburgh and flutist Zoe Sorrell premiered my flute concerto 'Aridoamerica.'
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July, 2021
I participated in ZFestival, an online music festival, and premiered two pieces
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DECEMBER 17, 2020
7 to 9 pm ET
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POSTPONED from
April 30, 2020—
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ONLINE
Counter(induction Ensemble premiered my piece 'Folia' as part of the Music of the Americas Concert Series.
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Sat, December 19, 2020
7:30 PM – 9:00 PM EST
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White Snake Project premiered my piece as part of their Sing Out Strong: Essential Voices
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In October of 2020, Resonance Works performed my song 'A Spoonful of Hate' as part of their March of the Women Series.
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In June of 2020 a collaboration I wrote the music for was premiered as part of the Toronto Fringe Theatre Festival.
In August and September of 2019 my song 'A Spoonful of Hate' was premiered and performed by Boston based opera company White Snake Project, as part of their Sing Out Strong —Immigrant Voices concert series.
The fantastic Amy Advocat and Matt Sharrock of Transient Canvas premiered my piece 'Rattle' at the 2019 Charlotte Festival of New Music.
Son Jarocho refers to a style of Mexican folk music most prominent in the state of Veracruz. This piece is based on the Son Jarocho tune El Cascabel (the rattle).
Honored to have been a part of Co-Opera, a yearlong collaboration between Pittsburgh Opera and Carnegie Mellon University's Schools of Music and of Drama.
My Opera 'Not Our First American' was written alongside librettist Daniel Burns.