Rift

Winner, runner-up, or finalist of numerous international competitions, including: 2016 Minnesota Orchestra Composer Institute, 2015 South Korea Busan Maru International Composition Contest, 2015 California State University Northridge Composition Prize, 2015 Sydney Australia Contemporary Orchestra Call for Scores, and the 2015 Ablaze Records Orchestral Masters Composition Contest. When two entities in space are torn apart, there is created a rift. In numerous ways, Rift uses the ensemble to insinuate its two main themes: space and separation. Large, swelling, dynamic-phasing in the brass representing orbiting planets and sparkling woodwinds floating over an atmospheric bed of sound provided by the strings, alluding to stars, are just a few. Using poly tonality, offset rhythms, constant-changing meter, and other techniques, Rift communicates separation. As the piece progresses, its listeners are brought to find the pieces greater, overall meaning.