Profile
Résumé
Awards and Commissions
| Year | Title | Commissioning Organization |
| 2012 | Evening-Length Work for Saxophone, String Quartet, Bass, and Percussion | Seattle Commissioning Club; Joshua Redman, Saxophone |
| 2011 | Quintet for Saxophone, Violin, Viola, Cello, and Piano | San Luis Obispo Music Festival, Scott Yoo, dir.; Curtis Pendleton |
| 2011 | Five Laments for Solo Cello | Brian Thornton, Cello |
| 2010 | Quintet for Violin, Viola, Cello, Piano, and Jazz Percussion | San Luis Obispo Music Festival, Scott Yoo, dir.; Christine Zorzi and Hugh Wynne |
| 2010 | Festival Overture for Orchestra | Colorado Music Festival, Michael Christie, cond. |
| 2009 | Trio for Flute, Viola, and Harp | Arizona Friends of Chamber Music, Jean-Paul Bierny, dir. |
| 2009 | Light, Color, Line, Symbol | Colorado College Chamber Music Festival, Susan Grace, dir. |
| 2009 | Alternations | Maya, Sato Moughalian, dir. |
| 2008 | Chamber Symphony | St Paul Chamber Orchestra, Scott Yoo cond. |
| 2005 | Evolution Photoessay | Frans Lanting (National Geographic Artist in Residence) |
| 2004 | LifeMusic Commission | Ying Quartet |
| 2003 | Piano Trio No. 2 | Seattle Chamber Music Festival |
| 2003 | New York Overture | Metamorphosen Chamber Orchestra |
| 2003 | Gil Evans Fellowship | International Association of Jazz Educators |
| 2002 | Piano Trio No. 1 | Seattle Chamber Music Festival |
| 2002 | Piano Concerto No. 2 | Metamorphosen Chamber Orchestra |
| 2000 | The Book of Hours | Octurn (Belgian Jazz Ensemble) |
| 2000 | The Book of Hours | ACF Composers’ Commissioning Program |
| 1999 | Waves | Kartet (French Jazz Ensemble) |
| 1999 | Haiku Settings | Kiitos (New York vocal group) |
| 1993 | The Paw | Winner, 1st annual BMI/ Thelonious Monk Composers Competition |
| 1985, 1986 | Best Young Jazz Soloist, Downbeat Magazine |
Recordings
| Year | Title | Label |
| 2011 | River Of Light (Timothy Fain) | Naxos |
| 2011 | Modern Music (Brad Mehldau and Kevin Hays) | Nonesuch |
| 2008 | Stone and Steel (Kristina Reiko Cooper) | Koch |
| 2004 | Piano Trios Nos. 1 & 2 | Arabesque |
| 2003 | Phoenix | Songlines |
| 2002 | Book of Hours | Songlines |
| 2000 | Expansion | Songlines |
| 1998 | Twelve Sacred Dances | Arabesque |
| 1995 | Explosion | Songlines |
| 1995 | Jazz Ambassadors | Jazz City |
| 1992 | Shores Against Silence (with Kevin Hays, Larry Grenadier, Tom Rainey) | Unreleased |
| 1991 | Coalescence (Jeff Williams Quintet) | Steeplechase |
Performance History
In 2005, inaugurated concert series Emergence, featuring one or more world premieres at each performance, with ensemble of string quartet, saxophone, piano, bass, percussion, and electronics, along with different special guests at each performances. Emergence has held 17 performances to date at venues such as Makor, Arium, and Columbia University.
Has performed, or been performed at, the Guggenheim Museum, MoMA’s Summergarden, the Kennedy Center, Miller Theater at Columbia University, the Seattle Chamber Music Festival, Tannery Pond, Colorado College Chamber Music Festival, on National Public Radio’s Fresh Sounds program and the Jazz Composers’ Collective series, at the New York Jazz Festival, the Playboy Jazz Festival, Birdland, the Knitting Factory, the Jazz Standard, and many other venues. Toured South and East Africa as musical director of the Jazz Ambassadors and Canada with the T.S. Monk sextet.
Education
DMA, Columbia University, 2000
MPhil, Columbia University, 1996
BA, Columbia University, 1990
Private Instrument Instruction with Joe Lovano, Allen Blustine, Jerry Bergonzi, Private Composition Instruction with Fred Lerdahl, George Edwards, David Rakowski, Joel Feigin