Music Compositions

I've composed a few pieces for piano, string quartet, and string orchestra over the past few years. Below aren't all of my compositions, but the ones that I think I have generally completed

If these are to be performed anywhere by anyone, all that I ask is for someone to contact me because I'd like to know.

	Pizzicato This was written the morning of October 29th, 2005. It is something like a cross between a canon and a chaconne for string quartet. This piece is entirely in pizzicato, which is plucked strings, mainly because I thought the string sound on my computer was awful and the "Pizzicato Strings" instrument sounded much better. This was probably my first composition before I studied some music theory. The MP3 recording is by computer and is kind of quiet. Score — MP3
	Meagan has a Knack! This was written with my cousin Meagan on October 7th, 2006. It is for violin with piano accompaniment. We needed to think of a title before we started work on the piece, so she came up with "Meagan has a Knack!" which later received the subtitle "Adventures in Meaganland" because it seemed to follow a small story: Meagan is bored, she finds a new secret place, Meaganland, which is playful and happy, she has to then leave, which is sad, and she ultimately is thinking about the past fun, ending on an ambiguous chord. This story was retrospective, after we wrote the music. Again, this is a computerized performance. Score — MP3
	Adventures in Meaganland After we made "Meagan has a Knack!", that same day I decided to reorchestrate it for string orchestra. I later got a few people together to sight read and record it June of 2007. It was surprisingly difficult in some spots, especially the offbeat chords in the playful pizzicato section. The recordings are my friends David and Julie on violin, Kelsey on viola, myself on cello, and Christian on bass. Score — MP3 — M4A (iTunes)
	Dissonance This was an experiment in dissonance that I originally wrote for piano during a car ride home from my cabin on October 8th, 2006. Later, I decided to turn it into a string orchestra piece so I could submit it for the MMEA compositional contest. It is a really interesting piece that is kind of crazy sounding, but seems to have its own internal logic. The performers in this recording are the same as those in "Adventures in Meaganland." Score — MP3 — M4A (iTunes)
	String Quartet No. 1 I wrote this string quartet between November 2006 and June 2007 partially based on themes I had written when reading a book on music composition. It is my longest composition with a duration of about 15 minutes. The first movement is in sonata-allegro form, the second is a slow chaconne, the third is something like a scherzo, and the fourth is in a modified sonata-rondo form. The performers are David and Julie on violin, Kelsey on viola, and me on cello. Score and parts — MP3 — M4A (iTunes)
	Piano Sonata No. 1 I wrote this between October 2006 and June 2007 with most of the composition of the final two movements between October and December. It loosely follows the classical sonata form for piano in three movements. I've submitted this work as well for the MMEA composition contest. Sheet music and recordings

In the works

I'm planning on making a string symphony for my orchestra to play, so I'm now thinking of themes and such.