Performed at the Charles Ives Music Festival in Ridgefield, Connecticut, on August 6, 2021.

Chelsea Starbuck Smith and Julia Choi, violins; Jacob Shack, viola; Mitch Lyon, cello

I wrote this string quartet in September 2020 for the Charles Ives Music Festival's (CIMF) composition reading the following month, and it received a fully rehearsed

Performed at the Charles Ives Music Festival in Ridgefield, Connecticut, on August 6, 2021.

Chelsea Starbuck Smith and Julia Choi, violins; Jacob Shack, viola; Mitch Lyon, cello

I wrote this string quartet in September 2020 for the Charles Ives Music Festival's (CIMF) composition reading the following month, and it received a fully rehearsed performance at the same festival the following summer. Like many people, I felt trapped at home during the COVID-19 pandemic, and yearned for the old days when I was able to visit colleges and explore bustling cities like New York, Boston and Philadelphia, wandering the streets and taking in the buzzing atmosphere. I wrote this piece as a tribute to these city walks, and I attempted to convey the intricate mosaic of neighborhoods and settings that makes up each city. The emotions change as readily, and range from frenzied excitement to sentimentality and a hint of longing for the before times.

This was my first foray into vocal composition, and I wrote it in July 2019 at Eastman School of Music while attending their Summer Classical Studies program. It is a setting of the classic American poem "The New Colossus" by Emma Lazarus, which calls for the welcoming and embrace of immigrants and refugees. I wrote it for soprano Erin Ennis and

This was my first foray into vocal composition, and I wrote it in July 2019 at Eastman School of Music while attending their Summer Classical Studies program. It is a setting of the classic American poem "The New Colossus" by Emma Lazarus, which calls for the welcoming and embrace of immigrants and refugees. I wrote it for soprano Erin Ennis and pianist Ethan Resnik, who performed it at Eastman, but this particular recording was made on January 19, 2020, with soprano Arianna Carlo and pianist David Baranowski.

I was commissioned to write this piece for the Chamber Music Intensive, a week-long seminar I participated in the summer of 2018. Throughout the week, I worked with musicians from my age group to prepare the piece, and it was performed in a concert at the end of the week.

The performance was held at the Danbury Music Centre in Danbury, CT, USA, on

I was commissioned to write this piece for the Chamber Music Intensive, a week-long seminar I participated in the summer of 2018. Throughout the week, I worked with musicians from my age group to prepare the piece, and it was performed in a concert at the end of the week.

The performance was held at the Danbury Music Centre in Danbury, CT, USA, on August 12, 2018. The piece was played by Molly Birdsall on violin, Jacob Shack on viola, and Ellery McFarland on cello.