Events

women in music festival, march 3-5, 2023

University of Southern Mississippi, time TBA

Bassoonist Emily Prochaska will premiere my new work Cat's Cradle at the Women in Music Festival! This piece explores spoken text the intertwines and drives the melodies to weave together. Emily commissioned this piece for this festival.

CBDNA Conference, february 18, 2023

University of Georgia, time TBA

I will be speaking on a panel with spoken word artist Celest Ngeve and Athens Hip Hop Harmonic co-director/producer Dr. Connie Frigo to discuss our collaborative process with college band directors from around the United States.

athens hip hop harmonic, october 20, 2022

Hodgson Hall at the University of Georgia, 7:30pm

The Contemporary Chamber Ensemble will be performing alongside spoken word artist Celest Ngeve and myself on a very special co-created piece! There is no other way to describe it other than this quote: "Plot twist: she wins in the end."

Chamber music athens: may 17, 2022

Ramsey Hall at the University of Georgia, 7:30pm

I will be performing Emily Koh and Caulfield's Pieces of Paper! I premiered this in the fall of 2021 with CCE, and this time we are performing this in a concert for Chamber Music Athens, a chamber music festival at UGA.

piece premiere: may 3, 2022

Edge Hall at the University of Georgia, 7:30pm

Saxophonist Michael Matthews will premiere my new work for alto saxophone and fixed media in his Master's recital! The fixed media is a track of banjo music combined with a largely-improvisatory saxophone part.

student recital: may 2, 2022

Ramsey Hall at the University of Georgia, 7:30pm

I will be performing the Edison Denisov duo for alto saxophone and cello with saxophonist Michael Chapa in his first DMA recital!

uga symphony orchestra: april 28, 2022

Hodgson Hall at the University of Georgia, 7:30pm

This will be my final performance with the UGA Symphony Orchestra! We will be premiering a new work by Dan Karcher, the 2021-2022 UGA Composer-in-Residence, and Mahler Symphony No. 5.

hodgson wind ensemble premiere: april 21, 2022

Hodgson Hall at the University of Georgia, 7:30pm

The Hodgson Wind Ensemble will premiere my new work dear diary...! This was written for my 2020 UGA Large Ensemble Composer-in-Residency, and the premiere was delayed due COVID-19.

Contemporary chamber ensemble: april 20, 2022

Ciné Athens, 7:00pm

CCE will be performing a unique set at Ciné Athens! Works include a new song we are currently co-creating with R&B artist Convict Julie, Frederic Rewski's Coming Together, and Julius Eastman's Stay on It.

student recital: april 19, 2022

Dancz Center for New Music at the University of Georgia, 7:00pm

I will perform in Ryan Eck's senior composition recital! I will play a short solo and a string quartet.

avante quartet: april 15, 2022

Edge Hall at the University of Georgia, 6:00pm

The Avante Quartet will be performing in Blake Hattaway's flute recital! We will be performing the second movements of Borodin's Second String Quartet.

piece premiere: april 14, 2022

Edge Hall at the University of Georgia, 6:00pm

Julien Berger will premiere my new piece "When the Time Comes, It Will All Overflow" for baritone saxophone. This piece is my first time working with microtones and has a slow, somber section followed by a driving rhythmic groove.

spacepants premiere: april 13, 2022

Dancz Center for New Music at the University of Georgia, 6:00pm

The viola,voice, and tube ensemble SpacePants will premiere my new work "Truth is, I would like to escape myself." This piece is inspired by the poem "Truth is, I would like to escape myself by Nour Al-Ghraowi.

piece performance: april 12, 2022

Georgia Gwinnett College, 7:30pm

Dr. Stephen Fischer and Dr. Rachael Fischer will perform my piece "Looking-Glass Self" in recital at Georgia Gwinnett College.