Check out this awesome new recording and score-follower video of my new piece, "Krummavísur," (The Raven's Song), performed by the North Dakota State University Concert Choir under the direction of Dr. Jo Ann Miller. ![]()
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Krummavísur is a well-known Icelandic folk song, which tells the story of a raven searching for food in the icy mountains. Enjoy!
Virinca Trio (Darci Bultema, soprano; Audrey Miller, clarinet; and Philip Everingham, piano) just released their new album, "Life on the Edge," which features my four-movement song cycle, "Inside My Ribcage."![]()
Listen: open.spotify.com/album/40xeX1v6MgNJxXh2ASGmQf![]()
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“Inside My Ribcage” was commissioned by Darci Bultema (a fellow North Dakotan!) and Audrey Miller with generous support from Northern State University. We selected four poems by Noor Unnahar, a young Pakistani woman known for her social media posts and blogs melding poetry, photography, and design. Unnahar’s poetry is modern, feminist, colorful, and evocative of her Pakistani culture and world. ![]()
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Virinca Trio did such a beautiful job with these songs, I hope you enjoy this recording! Score coming soon to Graphite Publishing. (If you're interested in a regional premiere, there have only been a handful of performances so far!)
St. Olaf College just released a new album featuring works written for the St. Olaf Band, including my piece "To Gold in Broadest Blue," along with works by Jodie Blackshaw and Leanna Primiani. My former composition teacher and conductor Timothy Mahr took this work on tour with the St. Olaf Band to California a few years ago, and the performances were incredible.![]()
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Check out this wonderful recording here!![]()
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And, if you'd like to perform the work, check out the score here!![]()
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My friend and producer Justin Schell texted me today to say Happy Anniversary! The first episode of the Compose Like A Girl podcast was released 1 year ago today ~ an interview with the amazing Sarah Kirkland Snider. 🙂 ![]()
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Couldn't do it without my awesome team. Thank you Justin, Laura Krider, Addie Struckman, and Erika Malpass!
How cool is this?? My new single from Signum Classics with the Choral Scholars of University College Dublin (Desmond Earley) just made the ASCAP New Music Friday Playlist on Spotify!![]()
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(I mean...Charli XCX and Kacey Musgraves are on here! Woot!)![]()
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Please take a listen, it's less than 3 minutes and utterly delightful.
upcoming events
Oct
18
Fri
2024
7:00 pm
Quintessence presents NATION
@ FUSION | 708
Quintessence presents NATION
@ FUSION | 708
Oct 18 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Quintessence: A Community of Singers is bringing NATION to FUSION on Friday, October 18th, at 7 PM in FUSION | 708! Founders of the a cappella band NATION, composers Jocelyn Hagen and Timothy C. Takach[...]
Oct
20
Sun
2024
3:00 pm
Quintessence Presents “To Build ...
@ St. John's United Methodist Church
Quintessence Presents “To Build ...
@ St. John's United Methodist Church
Oct 20 @ 3:00 pm – 4:30 pm
Join Quintessence for a concert of music by two of the most creative and accomplished composers of contemporary choral music working today. Featuring a performance by the composers themselves, as the pop duo NATION!
