Concentration(s):
- Music History/Theory/Composition | Political Science – American
Music Award(s):
- Walter J. Nelson Prize ’20
- Buxtehude Premium ’19
- Rose Rosengard Subotnik Prize ’18
- Ron Nelson Prize ’17
Honors in Music Thesis:
- Exospheres
Exospheres is a composition for large orchestra, intended for performance by the Brown University Orchestra, in which I have performed on trumpet throughout my time at Brown. I seek to invoke the image of the exosphere, the sparse, uppermost layer of the atmosphere, which floats calmly above hundreds of kilometers of relative chaos. Even though the exosphere itself is largely static, the rest of its environment gives it a slow, but perceivable, dynamism. Exospheres, as the title might suggest, is a piece about extremes in range, timbre, texture, meter, dynamics, and other musical elements relevant to the orchestra’s massive sound palette. It also seeks symmetry and cohesion in places where it may not be easily attainable. More importantly, however, this piece is my thank you to my colleagues in the BUO and all the wonderful music we’ve made these last four years. Much love.
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