Opera
Ghost Opera
with the Old Trout Puppet WorkshopThe old house for sale on the outskirts of the city is strangely cheap, but then again, the previous owners have all gone mad, and there are dark rumours about something that lives in the well. One day a stranger arrives who wants to buy it; he says he’s not afraid of ghosts, and even seems oddly determined to meet the spirit that claims the house as her own…
More Info ›"I love storytelling. Opera is a genre that combines music, stories and those wonderful dramatic elements on stage to become a total art work. As Wagner, one of the masters of opera, called it, a gesamptkunstwerk. It’s our imaginations coming alive aurally and visually." Krausas
Orchestra
Caryatids
I've always been fascinated with rocks and stones and sculpture—their strength, their beauty and their magic. In Detroit, there are twelve caryatids on the baroque Book Tower. A caryatid is a sculpted female figure that also serves as a column or a supportive architectural element. A traditional caryatid is holding the roof with her head or her arms. As support and sculpture, the caryatids’ function intersects both art and architecture.
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Chamber
Le Théâtre du Soleil
(The Theatre of The Sun)There is nothing in the whole world that is constant: Everything is in a state of flux and comes into being as an ephemeral image. Even time itself flows on in constant motion, just like a river. For neither the river nor the fleeting hour can stand still.
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Instrumental
With Voice
- From Eastersoprano, horn, bass, percussion
- Hopscotch Tarot Song Cyclesoprano & violin
- Kandinsky Liederbaritone and piano
- L'Air Pour L'Airvariable
- Le Théatre du Soleilsoprano, mezzo, flute, viola, bass, 2 percussion
- Midaregamimezzo & string quartet
- Storiessoprano, flute, bass clarinet
Instrumental
"There's an intimacy in writing for chamber ensembles. While a coherent group, the individuality of each performer remains, staying visible as strands in the musical tapestry." Krausas
Solo
Wilderness
(Rêve du Canada)This work was written for USC Thornton horn professor Kirsty Morrell. It is a three-movement work revolving around text by André Alexis that describes the surreal dreams of a woman's trip to Canada.
More Info ›- California Towheeviolin
- cloisonnésolo double bass
- études for pianopiano solo
- Five Intermezzi for Snare Drumsnare drum
- inside the stoneviola
- Jonasharmonica with narrator
- l'ombre du luthharpsichord
- Master & Margarita Suite for Pianopiano solo
- Music Box Ariasoprano & music box
- Running Through the Grey-Eyed Dawnnarrator/actor
- stone for solo double bassdouble bass & narrator
- Terçospiano
- The Alchemist's Suitesolo baritone
- The Bestiarychildren's solo piano pieces
- The Tree is Alive and Singing for You ...bassoon
- UN-intermezzi for solo pianopiano
- under an open skysolo bassoon
- une petite bagatellesolo piano
- Waterlandelectronic
- Wildernesssolo horn & narrator