Current Projects

A piece for symphony band and recorded audio based on interviews with Dr. Cyrus Farrehi about the human heart as science and metaphor, commissioned by Dr. Farrehi for the University of Michigan Band.

A piece for bassoon and prepared piano commissioned by Helena Kopchick.

And Then I Remember

And Then I Remember is 50-minute long documentary oratorio based on the World War II stories of Taimi Lepasaar, my grandmother. At the core of the piece is recorded audio taken from a series of interviews with Taimi. In retelling this story of one woman's struggle to survive and protect her children during World War II, And Then I Remember explores the poetic aspects of memory and the strange relationship of storytelling to a sense of truth. It was premiered in March 2009 at the Duderstadt Video Studio at the University of Michigan.

Excerpts from And Then I Remember will be performed in Houston in March as part of the Opera Vista Competition.

An Exciting Event

I play concertina and other instruments, sing and puppeteer occaisonally with An Exciting Event. Check them out.