2023 Submissions
Bring Me Back
This piece "Bring Me Back" is an improvisation I did back when I was dealing with grief of someone I loved.
Winter Song
I wrote this song in 8th grade. It was the first song I made on piano and it's changed a lot the more I played it.
Winter's Ballad
I created this piece with a simple concept in mind: winter. But as the piece began to develop, I started exploring the intensities, depths, contrasts, and the inherent magic of this season.
Worst Goodbye
I feel like in the past couple of years, music has become such an important thing to me, both listening to music and playing an instrument, so for this, I wanted to try something new and write a song and compose parts for multiple instruments.
The Song of Existence
My piece sets a passage of Heidegger’s Being and Time to an ensemble of a soprano voice, oboe, clarinet in B-flat, viola, and double bass.
Some Things I Will Never Know
This song is composed of clean electric guitar as well as vocals.
Prayer for Kyiv
As soon as the war in Ukraine broke out, I was completely engrossed in the barrage of war footage and heartbreaking stories that arose from the conflict.
Through Fog
I was inspired to write this after hearing the soundtrack to the TV show Andor, where instruments are layered on top of each other and gradually build up to a climax.
An Explorer's Life
An explorer is visiting a set of ruins and experiences several mysteries and surprises, which is typical of his adventurous life.
The Change Up by Alphabet Rockers
"I think about how to make things different and how to make my music different.
Close Enough
I've always loved jazz for how fun it is to play and the culture surrounding it, which is why this piece (and most others I've written) is written is that genre.