Included here are various projects that are either in progress or experimental.

Current Projects
Sax, electronics and video piece for Elizabeth Bunt based on the stories of my grandmother, Taimi Lepasaar.

A chamber ensemble piece for the Aspen Contemporary Ensemble to be premiered in August at the Aspen Music Festival.

A piece for viola and musical sculpture for violist Megan Fergusson.

Uneasy Tides (Wind Quintet)
The first movement of Uneasy Tides was written for the Sospiro Wind Quintet and premiered at the University of Nebraska Chamber Music Institute on July 12, 2006. Two more movements are planned.

Listen to the first movement.

Retelling
I love the way people tell stories. The different phrasing, inflections, emphasis and all the ahhs and umms that people interject often end up being more interesting than the plots. I have wanted to build a piece around this idea for some time, but I have yet to find the right way to do it. Here are three short excercises in which I combine several people's responses to a few simple questions: "Give me a thirty-second summary of your life," "what is your favorite word?" and "describe to me the plot of Star Wars." I feel that the composite answer created by juxtoposing the responses gives one a very different feeling than just listening to the individual responses would. There is something about these multiple perspectives on a single topic which seems to yield an illuminating, truthful response. The combination of answers is also often quite funny. 30-Second Life was chosen for inclusion on the 2006 Pacific Rim Mix of the 60x60 project.
30-Second Life
Favorite Word (note: this clip includes profanity)
Star Wars