New Music Advocacy
All music is a reflection of the human experience. Our ideas, collaborations, and advocacy - as performers, composers, and music lovers - are what keep our field relevant. One of my primary goals as a musician is to advance the field with music I find to be thought-provoking, representative of current events, and filled with messages that I think need to be shared. I ask, “What do I want or need music to say? What deserves to be said?”
Find people to work with who share your priorities, approaches, and goals, and create music that shares your story.
Our field doesn’t move forward until we do.
My current and former projects can be found on the right.
New Music Advocacy
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2024 Commission Consortium with SoundCraftEd, containing three 6-8 minute chamber pieces by Kincaid Rabb, Noelia Escalzo, and Amber Sheeran.
Co-Commissioned 2024
Scores will be finished October 2024Unnamed for solo flute
Reena Esmail, composer
Commission Consortium
Premieres Oct 12-20, 2024Unnamed for flute and piano
Kevin Day, composer
Commission Consortium
Premieres Fall 2026
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If you have an idea and feel I’d be the artist for the project, feel free to reach out! I’d love to have a conversation with you. You can contact me here.
More commissions and premieres will be on their way. Please check back, or contact me for more information.
Learn about each composer by clicking on their images.
Stephen Bachicha
Red Stilettos (2009, rev. 2013)
Commissioned and premiered in 2009
Martin Blessinger
Muses for solo flute
Commissioned during Covid-19 lockdown in 2020, premiered by one of my undergraduate students in 2022
Jenni Brandon
Going to the Sun:
Transcribed for flute and bassoon
Commissioned and premiered in 2023
James Grant
Seven Shards for Three Flutes
Commissioned and premiered in 2014
Frank Horvat
The Spirits that Haunt Us for flute and bassoon
Commissioned and premiered in 2022/2023
Theresa Martin
Labyrinth for flute and bassoon
Co-commissioned 2023
World premiere July 2024 at the International Double Reed Society Convention
James Romig
Leaves from Modern Trees for flute and piano
Commission/premiere: 2011
Asha Srinivasan
Dviraag for flute and bassoon
Transcribed in 2023 with composer assistance
World premiere July 2024 at the International Double Reed Society Convention
James Thorpe Buchanan
Songs of Moonlight & Shadows
World premiere 2011
Kevin Day
[Unnamed], for flute and piano
Consortium commission, premiere Fall 2026
Cody Westheimer
Cascade for 2 flutes, alto flute
Commission/premiere: 2013
Diego Vega
Wild Beasts for 2 flutes
Canadian premiere 2013
Reena Esmail
1. [Unnamed], for solo flute
Consortium commission, premiere Oct 2024
2. Nadiya, Transcribed for flute and bassoon
Commissioned and premiered in 2023
