Compositions
"Najdroższe życie moje"
This imitative duo is a setting of text taken from the letters of Fryderyk Chopin to Tytus Woyciechowski from the years 1830-1831. Rather than setting an excerpt of a single letter, the text of each phrase has been taken from a different source and combined to form a new, cohesive letter, albeit a short one. Thus, the first phrase is a greeting, the second and third phrases are from the body of two letters and are the longest phrases of the piece, while the fourth phrase is the closing. Musically, the piece was inspired by Chopin's Op. 17 No. 4 Mazurka in A Minor.
Serendipity - For Vibraphone & Bassoon
Inspired by my experiences taking a woodwind methods course as an undergraduate music education major, this duet is a dialogue between what was, at the time, an old love (vibraphone) and a new one (bassoon). In a brief serendipitous encounter, these two unlikely voices engage in a musical interaction shaped by their unique identities and backgrounds. In addition to exploring these two instrumental colors, this piece also navigates the importance of both popular music and the western classical tradition in shaping my musical identity—as a listener, as a performer, and as a researcher.