pieces are listed in alphabetical order

for chamber ensemble (flute, clarinet, horn, percussion, 2 violin, viola, cello, double bass)

inspired by the Mexican folk song “Cielito Lindo” (and the expression ¡cielos!)

2nd place Asia/America New Music Institute “Passing the Torch” competition; premiere pending based on health conditions

Cielos

(2020, 5’)

The City & The City

(2012, 6’)

for double string quartet (3 short movements)

inspired by China Miéville’s novel

premiere: May 2012 in Cambridge, MA

Coyolxauhqui

(2023, 15’)

for Pierrot + percussion (flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano, percussion)

commissioned by the Massachusetts International Festival of the Arts and the Victory Players, Tianhui Ng conducting (Holyoke, MA)

premiere: June 2023 by the commissioners at Holyoke Media as part of the “Sí Se Puede” program

Doxology

(2014, 6’)

for violin, viola, cello, and clarinet

written for the Talea Ensemble on the occasion of the 2014 Harvard Summer Composition Institute

premiere: August 2014 by the Talea Ensemble in Paine Hall (Cambridge, MA) as part of the Harvard Summer Composition Institute

commissioned by the Mozart Society Orchestra (Sam Wu and Sean Rodan, conducting)

premiere: 23 April 2016 by Sumire Hirotsuru, Natalie Hodges, Christine Hong, and Cecilia Yao in Paine Hall (Cambridge, MA) in conjunction with the Mozart Society Orchestra

Equinox

(2016, 3’)

for string quartet

Hyperloop

(2021, 2’)

a series of short pieces highlighting recently extinct animals

  1. Cape Verde Giant Skink – tbn (2017, 1’15”)

  2. Pinta Island Turtle – ob, hn, pno (2017, 3’)

  3. Formosan Clouded Leopard — cl, pno (2019, 2’30”)

    • premiered Nov 2019 in Adams House

  4. Pyrenean Ibex — fl, vln, cl, pno (2020, 3’)

    • premiered Apr 2021 as part of Eureka Ensemble’s “Rising Tides” program

Impossible Safari

(ongoing)

for string quartet

recorded by the Chiara String Quartet, November 2010

premiere: March 2012 in Tsai Auditorium (Cambridge, MA) as part of the ARTS @ David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies (DRCLAS) Spring Music Concert Series

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Nora and Reshma's Magical Tandem Bike Ride

(2010, 2'15")

Postlude

(2013, 7’-9’)

for clarinet, cello, and piano

written for the Callithumpian Consort (Boston, MA)

premiere: February 2013 by the Callithumpian Consort in Paine Hall (Cambridge, MA)

for tenor trombone and bass trombone

commissioned by Border Bones (Alex López Velarde and Juan Saldivar, Jr.)

premiere: July 2023 by Border Bones at the International Trombone Festival (Salt Lake City, UT)

Regateando

(2023, 3’15”)

Sin Tregua

(2010/11, 3’)

for string quartet

premiere: March 2011 by the Redline String Quartet in Paine Hall (Cambridge, MA); recorded 2010 by the Chiara Quartet

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Skenando

(2013, 5’30”)

 for alto saxophone and piano, based on the hymn “Shenandoah”

written for Cody Weavil 

“They came first…”

(2011, 6’)

for Pierrot ensemble (violin, viola, cello, clarinet, and flute)

written for the Talea Ensemble (New York, NY); selected for ”Portraits and Remembrance” concert, part of the 5th edition of Rossi Fest (Belgrade, Serbia; concert stream available here)

premiere: November 2011 by the Talea Ensemble in the Adams Pool Theater (Cambridge, MA)