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2023
April 30: Spirit of premiered by the Cape Cod Chamber Orchestra in Harwich Port, MA.
2022
November 18: Tryptich premiered by Ryan Noe and Tae Kim in Portland, ME.
2021
March 10: Refuge premiered by the Cape Cod Chamber Orchestra.
February 27: Ode performed by Jean Huang as part of the St. Mary’s Quarantine Series.
2020
July 16: Balm premiered by violinist Kate Dreyfuss as part of #GLFCAMGigThruCOVID.
July 1: Ode premiered by violinist Jean Huang, commissioned by Phoenix.
2018
December: Selected as a 2019 Fellow for the Gabriela Lena Frank Creative Academy of Music.
November 17: Partita performed by Boston Musica Viva in Tsai Performance Center, Boston.
August 15: Selected as a Northeast Region Semi-Finalist in the Rapido! Composition Competition.
April 27: Ciaccona performed by Joanna Ruseva at the Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst in Vienna.
April 26: Lux Arcana premiered by the Cochran-Wrenn Duo with the Marlborough High School Wind Ensemble. Read more about the project on the duo's website here.
April 17: Ciaccona performed by Jean Huang in Jordan Hall, Boston.
April 16: Invocation performed on the NEC Composers Series Concert in Jordan Hall.
April 11: Awarded 1st Prize in the Classic Pure Vienna International Composition Competition.
March 23: Invocation and Ciaccona performed as part of the New England Chapter of the Music Library Association conference at NEC.
February 12: Participated in a masterclass with Joan Tower at NEC.
2017
November 21: Dona nobis pacem performed in Williams Hall, Boston.
October: Commissioned by the Cochran-Wrenn Duo to compose a concertino for flute, guitar, and wind ensemble. This piece is part of the Duo's InConcert project and will be premiered with the Marlborough High School Wind Ensemble. Follow the progress of the project and read about the work the Duo has done with the students at Marlborough High on their blog.
June 17: Invocation for String Quartet premiered by the Cassatt String Quartet at Vinalhaven School.
June 12-21: Fellow at the Seal Bay Festival in Vinalhaven, ME.
February 22: Dona nobis pacem performed by Hub New Music at Brown Hall, Boston as part of the 2016/17 NEC/Hub New Music Pierrot Initiative.
2016
June 27-July 2: Composer-in-residence at Chamber Music Campania in Varano, Italy.
June 11: Ciaccona performed by Léo Marillier at Abbaye cistercienne de Preuilly, Paris.
May 28: Ciaccona performed by Léo Marillier at Hôtel Soubise, Paris.
May 9: This Soul to Tend premiered by Vi Trio (Danny Koo, violin; Jonah Ellsworth, cello; Jung-A Bang, piano) at Jordan Hall, Boston.
May 4: Ciaccona performed by Léo Marillier at Jordan Hall, Boston.
January: This Soul to Tend named a winner of the 2016 NEC Honors Ensemble Composition Competition.
2015
April 26: Ciaccona premiered by Gabriela Diaz of Dinosaur Annex at their 12th Annual Young Composers Concert: "Preserving the Planet: Hi-Fi-Sci Art," presented as part of the Cambridge Science Festival.
February 10-11: To See the Stars Again read by the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra as a part of American Composers Orchestra's EarShot New Music Readings. Announcement here.
2014
September: Commissioned to compose a solo violin work for the Boston-based ensemble Dinosaur Annex.
September 24: Secret Litanies for woodwind quintet premiered by Bi-le Zhang, Jonathan Gentry, Diana Searle, Andrew Bass, and Christina Dioguardi at Jordan Hall, Boston.
April 1: Participated in a masterclass with Donald Crockett at NEC.
March: A recipient of the 2014 ASCAP Morton Gould Young Composer Award for To See the Stars Again. Announcement here.
2013
December 13: To See the Stars Again was read by the NEC Philharmonia with Earl Lee conducting.
May 7: An excerpt from Book of Prayers was performed by the Spruce Quartet at Jordan Hall, Boston.
April 8: Participated in a masterclass with Oliver Knussen at NEC.
January: Book of Prayers named as a winner of the New England Conservatory Honors Ensemble Composition Competition.
2012
July - August: Attended the Atlantic Music Festival at Colby College in Waterville, ME.
May 3: Savage Light-Celestial performed by the Syracuse University Contemporary Music Ensemble in Setnor Auditorium with the composer conducting.
March:
-Admitted to the DMA program at New England Conservatory.
-Completed Light at Equinox for Horn, Tenor, and Piano (commissioned by Jonathan English).
March 24: Graduate recital at Syracuse University. Works performed:
Savage Light-Celestial, Light at Equinox, and Book of Prayers.
February: Completed Savage Light-Celestial for mixed ensemble (SU Contemporary Ensemble commission).
2011
December 8: So Sad a Wonder premiered by the Syracuse University Wind Ensemble, conducted by Brent Paris.
September: Commissioned by Daniel Hege to compose a work for the Syracuse University Contemporary Ensemble.
June: Completed Book of Prayers for String Quartet.
March 31: Prayers performed in Setnor Auditorium at Syracuse University with Jon English leading the Syracuse Concerti Ensemble.
January 21: Stooges performed in Setnor Auditorium at Syracuse University by Mary DeMauro, Cody Forrest, and Ian Simon-Curry.
2010
November 18: Stooges performed in Setnor Auditorium at Syracuse University by Mary DeMauro, Cody Forrest, and Ian Simon-Curry.
October 17: Fable III performed in the Schaffer Art Gallery at Syracuse University by Steff Rainess.
October 8: Fable II performed in Hemmle Recital Hall at Texas Tech University by Rafael Gallastegui.
May 15: Graduated Magna Cum Laude from the University of North Texas.
April 26: Rhubarb Fugue for horn quartet premiered at the University of North Texas Spectrum Concert with William Scharnberg, Angela Winter, Terry Reynolds and myself on horn.
April 9: Received the Outstanding Undergraduate Student in Composition at the University of North Texas award.
April 2: My senior recital, which was shared with my friend and colleague, Michael A. Garman. Works presented: Fable II, Three Pieces for Oboe, Percussion and Harp, and Whispers of Heavenly Death.
January: Commissioned by Dr. William Scharnberg to write a horn quartet (Rhubarb Fugue).
2009
October 1-4, 8-11: Performances of The Misanthrope at the UNT University Theater, featuring Incidental Music by Cody W. Forrest.
September 27: Fable performed by Jamie Lipton at the Greater Denton Arts Council Center for Visual Arts in a concert hosted by the UNT Composers Forum.
May: Selected to compose incidental music for the University of North Texas' production of Moliere's The Misanthrope.
April 27: Reflected Light and Skirr (Second and Third Movements from Three Pieces for Oboe, Percussion and Harp) premiered at the University of North Texas Spectrum Concert with Anna Morris, Dustin Doelling, Rod Kosterman, and Daniel Harmon performing.
March 2: Convoluted Spheres (First Movement from Three Pieces for Oboe, Percussion, and Harp) premiered at the University of North Texas Spectrum Concert with Anna Morris, Christopher Billings, Kate Vorel, and Daniel Harmon performing.
2008
October 20: Fable premiered at the University of North Texas Spectrum Concert for new works by UNT students with Jamie Lipton performing.