Composer · Guitarist · Video Artist · Essayist

From postrock sludge to neobaroque chamber music — composition, improvisation, jitterful video, and theoretical commentary.

I am a composer and essayist, and I teach at St. John’s College in Annapolis. For a more complete cv please make contact through the email address below.

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Inland Men · Houses of the New Sun
The Imperative · Inkling · Antler
Featured release

Piano Quartets

A suite for piano, baritone sax, tenor sax, and alto sax — a chamber group “prepared” with subtle electronics for a broad and deep sonic palette. Performances by Joshua Espinoza, Rose Hammer Burt, Tiffany Defoe, Derrick Michaels, and Jarrett Gilgore. Out on Ravello Records.

Ravello Records
Catalog & store

Bandcamp

The full catalog — albums, EPs, and exclusive CD editions, including Houses of the New Sun.

Music store
Projects
Duo · Guitars

All the Clouds Turn to Words

With guitarist Adrian Bond. Slab (Strangely Compelling Music, 2022).

alltheclouds.com
Duo · Electrodiluvian-pop

Lake Mallory

With singer-songwriter Rachel Anne Warren. Ogygia (High Horse, 2017).

Lake Mallory
Electro-acoustic

Antler

Antler has included many musicians over the years. It was an electro-acoustic project that began working and recording in 2005 and concluded in 2018. The work was organized into three volumes, A History of Freefall (2015), Delta Ex (2016), and Inkling (2018), all released on the High Horse imprint.

Listen to Antler
Releases
Writing & Conversation
Substack

Idiosocratic

Dedicated to the proposition that public opinions should have good reasons.

idiosocratic.substack.com
Book

Sophocles and the Politics of Tragedy

Cities and Transcendence (Routledge). A study of Sophoclean tragedy and political philosophy.

Routledge
Radio

The Politics of Tragedy

A conversation on WYPR’s The Signal about tragedy, the city, and transcendence.

WYPR
Interview

Inside Story: Piano Quartets

An interview with PARMA Recordings on the making of Piano Quartets.

PARMA Recordings