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Guide Spectra - 2021 is a drone piece that explores the harmonic potential of Schumann Resonances, certain frequency bands in the electromagnetic spectrum that allow the atmosphere to act as a wave guide. Analysis of these bands is used to track lightning strikes and high-altitude weather events, as well asses the effects of climate change. Schumann Resonances are also the subject of many conspiracy theories and "New Age" sound-healing practices. for this performance, subwoofers were placed on the floor, allowing the audience to feel vibrations from the subharmonics in the piece.
Construction II, (Etherium) - 2018 is an exploration of natural harmonics on the guitar, as well as the relationships between differing, but closely related tunings. Waves of harmony drift in and out from each performer, moving into melodies, and finally into shifting clouds.
Hierophant (Preparing the Altar) - 2018 is the first in a set of four pieces, which are collectively called the Dead Ocean Suite. The piece uses feedback, delay, and power draining to create a shifting, almost haunting texture, over which the toy piano introduces ideas that will form the base of the coming work.
ghosts and clouds and nameless things - 2020 was written for trombonist Hayles King, and is a further exploration of granular synthesis and live sound processing. The trombone is run through my synth engine 'ghost.wave,' which provides space, harmony, and textural variations in shifting waves behind the lead lines.

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