Ahead of All Parting explores the emotions of life, death, and what lies beyond as told through the lush sounds of the harp and the dark, sonorous qualities of the mezzo-soprano and bassoon. 

A beautiful a cappella tone poem, set on a text by Amy Lowell, that evokes winds sweeping through the trees, wild joy, and the light of a single bright star piercing through the night. Varying harmonic

The first concerto of its kind, Cane tells a dramatic story of one bassoon reed's journey from its origins as raw, organic cane, to the final joy of playing on the finished reed.  The colors

A bold and adventurous work inspired by a poem of the same name by Scandinavian poet Edith Sodergran (1892-1923), it guides us on a journey into unknown lands revealed by the coming dawn.

Metamorphosis for two oboes and piano explores the idea of rebirth and growth through trials and tribulations. The work concludes with a quote from Ralph Waldo Emerson that brings together the

Using the translated poems of Chinese women poets from the 3rd century through the 20th century,  the soprano and oboe weave a story of love, death, life, and what we hold close to our hearts.

Wood Song for solo oboe (2019) was inspired by the Sara Teasdale (1884-1933) poem of the same name.  It tells of the wood thrush bird as well as the poet's honesty of kissing life "scars and