Current Projects

Face to Face

Face to Face, a concert-length work for string quartet, was commissioned for the Marian Anderson String Quartet by the Center for the Study of Slavery and Justice at Brown University. This is a collaborative project that involves theatrical lighting, costume changes, and projected images in addition to the music. 

O Captain! My Captain!

O Captain! My Captain! A new setting of the Walt Whitman lament for Pres. Abraham Lincoln after Lincoln’s assassination. The poem depicts Lincoln as the captain of a ship that has gone through a very difficult voyage and returned home intact to a cheering crowd. But the captain is dead and cannot hear the cheers and the bells ringing. The ship is a metaphor for the US “Ship of State,” and the perilous journey was the War between the States. SATB chorus, acoustic guitar, and string quintet or small string orchestra.

Reclamation Space

Reclamation Space is a collaboration with the acclaimed Unheard-of//Ensemble, Ford Forqurean, director. The subjects of Reclamation Space are two public parks in Chattanooga that were once unfit for human use due to pollution and toxins: Enterprise South Nature Park and Sculpture Fields at Montague Park. The former features miles of hiking trails through second-growth forests, and the latter is an international outdoor gallery curated by the late sculptor John Henry. This multimedia project will feature video based on scenes in the parks along with live music and sounds recorded inside one of the TNT storage bunkers found in the Nature Park. Historical perspectives will also be included.