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2025 WORLD PREMIERES
• À la Kujala • Jennifer Gunn, piccolo, and tba, piano
• American Denim • University of Illinois Symphony Orchestra
• Frederick and Susan B. • Cabrillo Festival of Music
• Give Me Hunger • new edition for Northwestern University Saxophone Ensemble
• Invictus (piano concerto) • Chicago Philharmonic with Marta Aznavoorian, piano
• Jarba, Mare Jarba • new edition for Black Oak Ensemble and ~Nois (string trio and saxophone quartet)
• Joie de Vivre • Marta Aznavoorian, piano
• My True-Love Hath My Heart • Fourth Coast Ensemble
2024 WORLD PREMIERES
• At Water's Edge • Ivana Govedarska, piano
• Dunbar Songs • Great Plains Saxophone Workshop
• Forged by the Sea • U.S. Navy Band • American Bandmasters Association National Conference
• My Dearest Ruth • new treble choir edition • 21V
• Repair the World • new chamber ensemble editions
• Romani Songs • Cavatina Duo with guest cellist
• Salon Music • saxophone quartet • Fauré Centennial Festival
• There's a village in my sneakers • Chicago Symphony Orchestra Youth Concerts
• À la Kujala • Jennifer Gunn, piccolo, and tba, piano
• American Denim • University of Illinois Symphony Orchestra
• Frederick and Susan B. • Cabrillo Festival of Music
• Give Me Hunger • new edition for Northwestern University Saxophone Ensemble
• Invictus (piano concerto) • Chicago Philharmonic with Marta Aznavoorian, piano
• Jarba, Mare Jarba • new edition for Black Oak Ensemble and ~Nois (string trio and saxophone quartet)
• Joie de Vivre • Marta Aznavoorian, piano
• My True-Love Hath My Heart • Fourth Coast Ensemble
2024 WORLD PREMIERES
• At Water's Edge • Ivana Govedarska, piano
• Dunbar Songs • Great Plains Saxophone Workshop
• Forged by the Sea • U.S. Navy Band • American Bandmasters Association National Conference
• My Dearest Ruth • new treble choir edition • 21V
• Repair the World • new chamber ensemble editions
• Romani Songs • Cavatina Duo with guest cellist
• Salon Music • saxophone quartet • Fauré Centennial Festival
• There's a village in my sneakers • Chicago Symphony Orchestra Youth Concerts
NEW & UPCOMING RECORDINGS
• Glorious Mahalia • "Glorious Mahalia" CD • Kronos Quartet • info forthcoming (upcoming in 2025)
• Romani Songs • "River of Fire" CD • Cavatina Duo • Cedille Records (March 2025)
• Terra Nostra • "Terra Nostra" CD • Northwestern University Choirs and Orchestra, Uniting Voices Chicago, soloists, and Stephen Alltop, conductor • Cedille Records (April 2024)
• Repair the World • single digital release • Lincoln Trio • Cedille Records (June 2024)
FACULTY & MENTORSHIP PROGRAMS
• 2025 Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music Conductors/Composers Workshop
• 2021-2025 HerVoice Emerging Women Choral Composers Competition
• 2024 Great Plains Saxophone Workshop
GUEST COMPOSER RESIDENCES
• 2025 Kennesaw State University
• 2024 University of Northern Colorado - Greeley
• 2024 University of Wisconsin - Madison
• 2024 Fauré Centennial Festival, University of Colorado Boulder
• 2024 University of Denver
• Glorious Mahalia • "Glorious Mahalia" CD • Kronos Quartet • info forthcoming (upcoming in 2025)
• Romani Songs • "River of Fire" CD • Cavatina Duo • Cedille Records (March 2025)
• Terra Nostra • "Terra Nostra" CD • Northwestern University Choirs and Orchestra, Uniting Voices Chicago, soloists, and Stephen Alltop, conductor • Cedille Records (April 2024)
• Repair the World • single digital release • Lincoln Trio • Cedille Records (June 2024)
FACULTY & MENTORSHIP PROGRAMS
• 2025 Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music Conductors/Composers Workshop
• 2021-2025 HerVoice Emerging Women Choral Composers Competition
• 2024 Great Plains Saxophone Workshop
GUEST COMPOSER RESIDENCES
• 2025 Kennesaw State University
• 2024 University of Northern Colorado - Greeley
• 2024 University of Wisconsin - Madison
• 2024 Fauré Centennial Festival, University of Colorado Boulder
• 2024 University of Denver
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HELIOS • 4’30” • 2 tpts/flugelhorns, hn, tbn, tba
PROGRAM NOTES
In Greek mythology, Helios was the god of the sun. His head wreathed in light, he daily drove a chariot drawn by four horses (in some tales, the horses are winged; in others, they are made of fire) across the sky. At the end of each day’s journey, he slept in a golden boat that carried him on the Okeanos River (a fresh water stream that encircled the flat earth) back to his rising place. The cyclic journey of Helios is depicted in this short work for brass quintet. The first half is fast-paced and very energetic, while the second half is slow and serene, representing day and night.
-S.G.