Madlener House.

A work for violin and cello commissioned by Access Contemporary Music and the Chicago Architecture Foundation. The work explores the relationship between music and architecture, specifically that of Madlener House, Chicago, home to the Graham Foundation for the Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts. The composition premiered in October 2014 at the Graham Foundation as part of Open House Chicago 2014. It was performed by William Jason Raynovich (cello) and Maria Storm (violin).

Making Connections.

The piece is written for an ensemble of alto/bass flute, alto saxophone, viola, vibraphone/bongos and piano. Written as part of a telematic research project connecting musicians and dancers in remote sites, the work involved a collaboration with musicians at Edinburgh Napier University and dancers at Liverpool John Moores University and Nova Southeastern University, Florida.