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January 29, 2023
To See A World (2013)
Cleveland Composers Guild Showcase
West Shore Unitarian Universalist Church
Rocky River, Ohio

February 16, 2023
Petite Suite (2013, arr. 2022)

New Century Ensemble
University of Oklahoma 
Norman, Oklahoma

April 7, 2023
TBD (Work in Progress)
NO EXIT New Music Ensemble
Bop Stop
Cleveland, Ohio

April 14, 2023
TBD (Work in Progress)
NO EXIT New Music Ensemble
Heights Arts Gallery
Cleveland Heights, Ohio

April 15, 2023
TBD (Work in Progress)
NO EXIT New Music Ensemble
Kent State University School of Music
Kent, Ohio

May 12, 2023
Spiral Suite (2021)
Studio of 
Alexandre Marr
Church of the Western Reserve
Pepper Pike, Ohio

May 14, 2023
TBD (Work in Progress)
Cleveland Composers Guild 
The Music Settlement
Cleveland, Ohio

Past


January 22, 2023
Shades of Green
Dr. Kenneth Johnson
Florida State University
Cleveland, Ohio

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November 7, 2022
Big Ideas! (2012, rev. 2022)
Indiana State University
​Faculty Brass Quintet
Terre Haute, Indiana

​October 31, 2022
Serenade for the Ghosts (2019)
Musical Upcoming Stars in the Classics (M.U.S.i.C.)
Shaker Heights, Ohio

October 30, 2022
Serenade for the Ghosts (2019)
Musical Upcoming Stars in the Classics (M.U.S.i.C.)
Shaker Heights, Ohio

October 28, 2022
Big Ideas! (2012, rev. 2022)
Indiana State University
Contemporary Music Festival
Terre Haute, Indiana

​October 18, 2022
Petite Suite (2013, rev. 2020)
Tuesday Noon Organ Plus Concert Series
Church of the Covenant 
Cleveland, Ohio

October 18, 2022
Spiral Suite (2021)
Tuesday Noon Organ Plus Concert Series
Church of the Covenant 
Cleveland, Ohio

October 18, 2022
Two Pieces (2020)
Tuesday Noon Organ Plus Concert Series
Church of the Covenant 
Cleveland, Ohio

September 4, 2022
Afterlove (2022) *Premiere*
Impulse New Music Festival 
Brightwork Ensemble
Los Angeles, California (virtual)

​September 2, 2022
Red Riding Pictures Proudly Presents (2022)
Musical Upcoming Stars in the Classics
Pepper Pike, Ohio
- Commissioned by Musical Upcoming Stars in the Classics

September 1, 2022
Red Riding Pictures Proudly Presents (2022) *Premiere*
Musical Upcoming Stars in the Classics
Pepper Pike, Ohio
- Commissioned by Musical Upcoming Stars in the Classics

​June 5, 2022
Aurora Fanfare and Dance (2022) *Premiere*
Aurora School of Music
Aurora, Ohio
- Commissioned by the Aurora School of Music​

May 7, 2022
Rocky River Counterpoint (2013)
Lutheran High School West
Rocky River, Ohio
- Commissioned by the Lutheran High School West Concert Band—director, Joseph Tolonen 2021

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April 24, 2022
Brevity is the Soul of Wit (2012, rev. 2022)
Terre Haute Symphony Orchestra Brass Quintet
Terre Haute, IN 

​March 3, 2022
Rocky River Counterpoint (2021) *Premiere*
Lutheran High School West
Rocky River, Ohio
- Commissioned by the Lutheran High School West Concert Band—director, Joseph Tolonen 2021

​February 11, 2022

Spiral Suite (2021)
Aurora School of Music
Aurora, OH

December 13, 2021
The Hinz Waltz 2 (2013) 
Edina High School
Edina, MN​

October 30, 2021

Serenade for the Ghosts (2019)
Musical Upcoming Stars in the Classics (M.U.S.i.C.)
Shaker Heights, Ohio

​October 29, 2021
Serenade for the Ghosts (2019)
Musical Upcoming Stars in the Classics (M.U.S.i.C.)
Cleveland Heights, Ohio

October 19, 2021
Mikroczellos (2021) *Premiere*
Acacia Reservation
Lyndhurst, Ohio

October 19, 2021
Petite Suite (2013, rev. 2020)
Acacia Reservation
Lyndhurst, Ohio
​
August 28, 2021
Spiral Suite (2021)
Aurora School of Music
Aurora, OH

June 25, 2021
​Burlesquing Movement (2012)
Aurora School of Music
Aurora, OH

May 28, 2021
Finding Quiet from Two Pieces (2020) *Premiere*
Aurora School of Music
Aurora, OH

May 15, 2021
​Burlesquing Movement (2012) *Arrangement Premiere*
Aurora School of Music
Aurora, OH

May 15, 2021
Spiral Suite (2021) *Premiere*
Aurora School of Music
Aurora, OH

May 14, 2021
Petite Suite (2013)
Aurora School of Music
Aurora, OH

March 28, 2021
Shades of Green (2017)
Lift Music Fund
Athens, GA

February 7, 2021
Music with Oliver (2015)
Aurora School of Music
Aurora, Ohio

October 2, 2020
Petite Suite (2013, rev. 2020)
Aurora School of Music
Aurora, Ohio

September 27, 2020
Petite Suite (2013, rev. 2020)
Aurora School of Music
Aurora, Ohio

March 9, 2020
Playtime (2018)
Invicta Trio
Westminster Oaks
Tallahassee, Florida 

​November 24, 2019
Serenade for the Ghosts (2019)
Cleveland Institute of Music
Cleveland, Ohio

November 9, 2019
Infinite Spinning (2018)
Boston New Music Initiative
Longy School of Music
Cambridge, Massachusetts 

​November 3, 2019
Music with Oliver (2015)
Grace Lutheran Church
Tallahassee, Florida

October 28, 2019
Playtime (2018)
Ball State University 
​Faculty Artist Series
Muncie, Indiana 

October 25, 2019
Serenade for the Ghosts (2019) *Premiere*
Musical Upcoming Stars in the Classics (M.U.S.i.C.)
Cleveland Heights, Ohio

​September 17, 2019
Quadraphonics (2012, rev. 2019) *Premiere*
Acacia Reservation
Lyndhurst, Ohio

September 17, 2019
Music with Oliver (2015)
Acacia Reservation
Lyndhurst, Ohio

​September 5, 2019
Petite Suite (2013, rev. 2020)
Council Gardens
Cleveland Heights, Ohio

July 11, 2019
Infinite Spinning (2018)
Music in the Circle
Cleveland, Ohio

July 3, 2019
Petite Suite (2013, rev. 2020)
Music in the Circle
Chagrin Falls, Ohio

June 18, 2019
Petite Suite (2013, rev. 2020)
Classical Revolution
Cleveland, Ohio

​April 30, 2019
Music with Oliver (2015)
Florida State University
Tallahassee, Florida

April 28, 2019
Elegy (2019)
Cleveland Institute of Music 
Cleveland, Ohio

April 3, 2019
Many Universes (2019)
Cleveland Chamber Symphony
Berea, Ohio

April 2, 2019
Music with Oliver (2015)
University of Florida
Gainesville, Florida

February 21, 2019
Playtime (2018)
Indiana State University
Terre Haute, Indiana

​November 18, 2018
Infinite Spinning (2018)
Cleveland Institute of Music
Cleveland, Ohio

November 10, 2018
Music with Oliver (2015)
Vanderbilt University
Nashville, Tennessee

​October 26, 2018
Playtime (2018) *American Premiere*
Indiana State University
52nd Annual Contemporary Music Festival
Terre Haute, Indiana

​July 12, 2018
Playtime (2018) *World Premiere*
Shenyang Conservatory of Music
Shenyang, China

June 8, 2018 
Infinite Spinning (2018) *Premiere*
American Modern Ensemble
Skidmore College
​Saratoga Springs, New York

April 8, 2018
Music with Oliver (2015)
University of Texas at Austin
Austin, Texas

March 23, 2018
Shades of Green (2017) *Premiere*
Florida State University
Tallahassee, Florida

​October 30, 2017
Toy Chest (2015)
Indiana State University
Terre Haute, Indiana

July 9, 2017
Toy Chest (2015)
Music from Salem
Cambridge, New York

May 14, 2017
Music with Oliver (2015)
Timothy Zavadil & Bryon Wilson
St. Stephen's Episcopal Church
Edina, Minnesota

May 2, 2017
To Rose (2016)
Indiana University Jacobs School of Music

Bloomington, IN

April 8, 2017
All You Need (2017)
Indiana University Jacobs School of Music
Bloomington, IN

April 8, 2017
Music with Oliver (2015)
Indiana University Jacobs School of Music
Bloomington, IN

April 8, 2017
Lonliness and Imaginations (2017) *Premiere*​
Indiana University Jacobs School of Music
Bloomington, IN

March 30, 2017
To Rose (2016) *Premiere*
Eastern Illinois  University
Charleston, IL

​March 29, 2017
All You Need (2017) *Premiere*
Illinois State University
Normal, IL

October 25, 2016
Lacquer Prints (2016) *Premiere*
Indiana University Jacobs School of Music
Bloomington, IN

September 24, 2016
Petite Suite (2013, rev. 2020)
​Indiana University Jacobs School of Music
Bloomington, IN

September 24, 2016
Music with Oliver (2015)
Indiana University Jacobs School of Music
Bloomington, IN

July 15, 2016
Music with Oliver (2015)
Calvin Wong, saxophone
The Church of Christ in China
Wan Chai District, Hong Kong

May 28, 2016
Toy Chest (2015)
The Red Hedgehog Trio
Third Life Studio, 33 Union Square,
Somerville, MA

May 4, 2016
Music with Oliver (2015)
Calvin Wong, saxophone
Indiana University Jacobs School of Music
Bloomington, IN

​April 24, 2016
Toy Chest (2015) *Arrangement Premiere*
Bowling Green State University, College of Musical Arts
Bowling Green, OH

A
pril 15, 2016
Liquidus (2013)
Horn Studio of Richard Seraphinoff
Indiana University Jacobs School of Music
Bloomington, IN
​
March 6, 2016

Don't Smile Me (2016) *Premiere* 
Indiana University Cinema 
 IU Jacobs School of Music
Bloomington, IN

February 29, 2016
Ripple Cycles (2015) *Premiere*
Indiana University Jacobs School of Music
Bloomington, IN
​
December 6, 2015

Gasp Grids (2015)
Center for Electronic and Computer Music
Indiana University Jacobs School of Music
Bloomington, IN

November 7, 2015

Toy Chest (2015)
Midwestern Composers Symposium
Indiana University Jacobs School of Music 
Bloomington, IN

November 1, 2015
To See a World (2013)
Indiana University Jacobs School of Music
Bloomington, IN

November 1, 2015
The Swing (2012)
I
ndiana University Jacobs School of Music
Bloomington, IN

October 31, 2015
Music with Oliver (2015)
Indiana University Jacobs School of Music
Bloomington, IN

October 27, 2015

Groove Passing (2015)
Indiana University Jacobs School of Music
Bloomington, IN

​July 15, 2015
Music with Oliver (2015)
Sewanee Summer Music Festival
Sewanee, TN

July 3, 2015
Brevity is the Soul of Wit (2012)
Sewanee Summer Music Festival
Sewanee, TN
​
June 28, 2015 
Toy Chest (2015)
The Red Hedgehog Trio
Saranac, NY

June 14, 2015 
Groove Passing (2015) *Premiere* 
New Music on The Point
Leicester, VT

April 19, 2015

Process (2014) *Premiere*
Indiana University Jacobs School of Music
Bloomington, IN
​
April 14 & 15, 2015

Music with Oliver (2015) *Premiere*
Buskirk-Chumley Theater
Bloomington, IN

​February 21, 2015

Toy Chest (2015) *Premiere* 
The Red Hedgehog Trio

Whitney Center for the Arts
Pittsfield, MA 
​
June 10, 2014
The Hinz Waltz (2012)
Minnesota Symphonic Winds
Paul Kile, guest conductor 
Edina, MN

June 6, 2014

The Hinz Waltz 2 (2013) *Premiere*
Cochran Chamber Commissioning Project 
Edina, MN

March 25, 2014

Rhapsodie (2014) *Premiere*
Indiana University Jacobs School of Music
Bloomington, IN

February 4, 2014
Liquidus (2013) *Premiere*
Indiana University Jacobs School of Music
Bloomington, IN

July 20, 2013
Petite Suite (2013, rev. 2020) *Premiere*
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, MN

March 10, 2013

Costa Rican Monkey Games (2012) *Premiere*
Greater Twin Cities Youth Symphonies 
Minnetonka, MN

December 13, 2012 
The Hinz Waltz (2012)
Edina High School
Edina, MN

December 10, 2012 
The Hinz Waltz (2012) *Premiere*
Edina High School
Edina, MN

July 21, 2012
The Swing (2012) *Premiere*

University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, MN

June 22, 2012
Jest (2011)
Minnesota Sinfonia
Minneapolis, MN

June 21, 2012
Jest (2011) *Premiere*
Minnesota Sinfonia
Minneapolis, MN

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      • Afterlove
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      • Big Ideas!
      • Brevity is the Soul of Wit
      • Burlesquing Movement
      • Elegy
      • Groove Passing
      • Infinite Spinning
      • Liquidus
      • Music with Oliver
      • Playtime
      • Quadraphonics
      • Red Riding Pictures Proudly Presents
      • Ripple Cycles
      • Serenade for the Ghosts
      • Suite
      • To Rose
      • Toy Chest
    • Piano >
      • Petite Suite
      • Spiral Suite
    • Solo >
      • Mes Amis
      • Mikroczellos
      • Rhapsodie
      • Shades of Green
    • Band/Wind Ensemble >
      • Rocky River Counterpoint
      • The Hinz Waltz
      • The Hinz Waltz 2
    • Orchestral >
      • Jest
      • Many Universes
    • Solo and Ensemble >
      • Loneliness and Imaginations
      • Morceau pour Sill
    • Vocal/Choral >
      • All You Need
      • Lacquer Prints
      • To See a World
      • Untitled Meditation
    • Electronic >
      • Artificial Rainstorm
      • Gasp Grids
      • Requiem
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