Latest Projects | Commissions
Resonate
String Quartet (2024)
Commissioned by Detroit Chamber Winds and Strings for the "Resonate Project," with other co-commissioning partners including Bowling Green State University, the Carr Center, Michigan State University, Oberlin College Conservatory, the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, the University of Michigan and Western Michigan University.
Featured Work
Pulse for Orchestra (2019)
recently featured on The Listening Project with Minnesota Orchestra
Upon Daybreak
Upon Daybreak for Orchestra (2022)
Co-Commissioned performance by ROCO Chamber Orchestra. A part of New Music USA's Amplifying Voices Program. Co-Commission partners include Berkeley, Detroit, Seattle Symphony orchestras & the Boston Landmarks Orchestra.
Click here to also view a recent performance by the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, JoAnn Falletta, conducting.
Get more info on upcoming 2024-2025 performances on the Events page
New Music
Rhapsody for Trombone & Piano
featured on Kenneth Thompkins'
Compelling Portraits
Principal trombonist of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Kenneth Thompkins, has released an exciting new album of trombone featured chamber works by Black composers entitled Compelling Portraits, from Navona Records. The albums also features works by composers Kevin Day, Maurice Draughn, Shawn Okpebholo, James Lee III.
Swift for
Bassoon & Piano
Commissioned by bassoonist
Joseph Swift, check out this new work for bassoon and piano featured on his new album Room to Breathe. This eclectic album also features works by Chris Evan Hass, Gala Flagello, Karalyn Schubring, and Brad Balliett.
...and Beyond for
Cello & Electronics
Commissioned by cellist
Angelique Montes, check out this new work for solo cello and electronics featured on her new album Refraction. This awesome album also features works by Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson,
Tania León, Nathalie Joachim, and Sophia Bass.
Reflections for
Solo Guitar
Commissioned by Ex-Aequo artists, check out this new work for solo guitar in addition to many other works a part of Ex-Aequo's "Changing the Canon" project, supporting new solo guitar music by living black composers.
