Upcoming Performances & Broadcasts:
Tuesday, 10 February 2026, 8:00 pm CST: Performance of Canetti-menagerie, including the premiere performance of Der Mannstolle by percussionist Dave Hall; University of North Texas Recital Hall (Denton, TX).
Wednesday, 11 February 2026, 7:30 pm CST: Performance of Canetti-menagerie; Grayson College Fine Arts Band Hall, AC 100 (Denison, TX).
Thursday, 9 April 2026, 7:30 pm CDT: Premiere performance of the wind ensemble version of Against the gusts of blank repose, a threshold that persists by Andrew Trachsel and the UNT Wind Orchestra, University of North Texas Winspear Hall (Denton, TX).
 | Friday, 24 April 2026, 7:00 pm CDT: Performance of Against the gusts of blank repose, a threshold that persists by Thomas Bough and the NIU Wind Symphony, Northern Illinois University Boutell Memorial Concert Hall (DeKalb, IL). |
| • | 20-23 May 2026 (date, time, and location TBD): Performance of Chain of Circumstances featuring pianist Richard Shuster and dancer/choreographer Jordan Fuchs for the Society for Electro-Acoustic Music in the United States (SEAMUS) National Conference, University of Texas, San Antonio (San Antonio, TX). |
| Monday, 14 September 2026, 8:00 pm CDT: Performance of Der Saus und Braus featuring pianist Liudmila Georgievskaya, University of North Texas Voertman Hall (Denton, TX). | |
| Fall 2026 (date and time TBD): Performance of Der Mannstolle by percussionist Dave Hall; University of North Texas Recital Hall (Denton, TX). | |
| Fall 2026 (date and time TBD): Performances of Pathways V: Tides of Change (premiere) featuring violinist Pala Garcia and Pathways IV: Rhymes & Spirals featuring pianist Redi Llupa, University of North Texas Voertman Hall (Denton, TX). |
Recent News & Activities:
| 2026: |
| Selected work: Chain of Circumstances for the Society for Electro-Acoustic Music in the United States (SEAMUS) National Conference, University of Texas, San Antonio (San Antonio, TX), May 2026. |
| Selected work: Verklärte Einblicke for Follow My Score X, sponsored by Score Follower, January 2026. |
| 2025: |
| Guest composer, 13th NIU New Music Festival, Northern Illinois University (DeKalb IL), including performance of Canetti-menagerie, November 2025 |
| Selected work: "Gorge Dweller: Evensong I" (from Cornell Set) for the 2025 Gilgamesh Music Festival (online), August 2025. |
| Selected composer: New Music on the Bayou festival (Monroe and Ruston, LA), June 2025 (An Unaware Cosmos). |
| Guest composer, University of Miami Frost School of Music (Coral Gables, FL), including premiere performance of Pathways IV: Rhymes & Spirals, April 2025. |
| Guest composer, San Diego State University (San Diego, CA), March 2025. |
| Selected work: Verklärte Einblicke for University of Tennessee Contemporary Music Festival (Knoxville, TN), March 2025. |
| Finalist, Locrian Chamber Players Call for Scores, January 2025 (Der Tränenwärmer). |
| 2024: |
| Interview with Michael Cooke discussing An Unaware Cosmos and Canetti-menagerie project on Music from Humans, December 2024. |
| Guest composer, Western Washington University (Bellingham, WA), October 2024. |
| Selected work: Der Heroszupfer, for the Central Washington University New Music Festival (Ellensburg, WA), October 2024. |
| Selected work: Verklärte Einblicke for Echofluxx 24 Festival of New Media, Music, and Art (Prague, CZ), September 2024. |
| Accepted for presentation: "The Microtonal Harpsichord: Two Recent Works Exploring Just Tuning Systems" (with Elliot Figg), including premiere performance of Die Geruchschmale, for "The Microtonal Village" Conference at the Village Trip Festival 2024 (New York, NY), September 2024. |
| Released: Der Saus und Braus on "Transition & Apotheosis": Society for Composers Inc., Vol. 35 (Navona Records, NV6612), April 2024. |
| Selected composer: Contemporary Art Music Project CAMPGround24 (Tampa, FL), March 2024 (An Unaware Cosmos). |
| Selected work: Der Saus und Braus for the 21st Biennial Festival of New Music at Florida State University (Tallahassee, FL), February 2024. |
| Selected work: Chain of Circumstances (screendance version) for the The Electronic Nights Series at Texas Tech University (Lubbock, TX), February 2024. |
| 2023: |
| Selected work: Chain of Circumstances (screendance version), for the 6th edition of the International Symposium of New Music (SiMN 2023), sponsored by Núcleo Música Nova of the State University of Paraná (Curitiba, Brazil), November 2023. |
| Selected work: Chain of Circumstances (screendance version), for the 7th annual Research on Contemporary Composition conference at the University of North Georgia (Dahlonega, GA), October 2023. |
| Guest composer, Michigan State University (East Lansing, MI), including performance of Der Gottprotz, October 2023. |
| Guest composer, Wayne State University (Detroit, MI), including performance of Der Gottprotz, October 2023. |
| Accepted for presentation: "New Approaches to Pitch in Three Recent Works for Historical Keyboards," including a performance of Der Gottprotz for the 63rd Annual Organ Conference at the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, MI), October 2023. |
| Accepted for presentation: "A Comprehensive-Immersive Approach to Beginning Composition Instruction: a 25th-Year Report from the University of North Texas" for Teaching Composition: A Symposium on Composition Pedagogy at the University of Utah (Salt Lake City, UT), September 2023. |
| Finalist, 46th Annual Festival of New American Music Call for Scores, Sacramento State University, August 2023 (Recombinant). |
