Theatre
World Premiere Score for T.S. Eliot:
Murder in the Cathedral
Score was created for the Chicago City Lit Theatre production in the spring of 2024. The Jeff recommended production opened to a warm reception and critical acclaim!
North-American Premiere Production:
Mileva Einstein
Created by playwright Vida Ognjenovic, this North American premiere was produced at Oakton College in the Chicago suburbs by director Kathleen Carot with a new score composed for piano and cello.
Web Projects
Atonality — The Series
What happens when a composer tries to collaborate with a poet? Especially when she happens to be his best friend’s girlfriend? Find out in this short web series exploring the lives of Paul, Amalia, and, of course, the best friend/boyfriend, Chuck. Created in collaboration with Denise Blank.
A House Divided
A House Divided is a modern opera reflecting the 21st-century American political divide. Created to be presented as a web series, exploring the ever-expanding landscape of innovative lyric theatre production in an effort to engage diverse audiences. The opera explores the complicated and often-controversial topics of faith and politics, inviting conversations around contemporary music, society, and modern-day life. Composed by tenor Philip Seward and developed with soprano Tammie Huntington, the premiere production features the two vocalists with collaborative pianist Lori Lyn Mackie Hewelt and electronics.
Sounds of Faith
A video series of interviews made in 2020 for a CCCX class at Columbia College Chicago called “Listening to the City.” Each video in the series poses the same four questions to musicians and others in various faith traditions.
Vlog: Zima w Lato 2024
In 2024, I was invited to be guest faculty at the Academy of Music in Bydgoszcz. Check back here as I post more videos about the experience!