Hey everyone! Long time lurker, first-time caller. I'm an American mandolinist and composer, and I wanted to share two of my more recent works for mandolin with all of you. One is for solo mandolin, and the other is for mandolin and string quartet. For both recordings I collaborated with the incredible mandolin Virtuoso Alon Sariel, and for the recording of the piece for mandolin and string quartet we also collaborated with Airis String Quartet.
Invocation and Verses - Mandolin and String Quartet
This work, from 2021, was written for my master's thesis in music composition at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. In this work I explore the mandolin as a natural extension of the sound of a string quartet. The players really blew me away with their sensitivity and energy in this performance!
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Until They Have Driven Out the Grief
This work also received its premiere from Alon Sariel with a very stunning and intimate performance in Germany. He brought so much nuance to the work that I didn't even know was there. It sounded like a completely different piece than how I play it. I wrote this piece in response to a rather difficult 2 years. The program note can be found in the youtube video description if you are curious to learn more.
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