2026 Submissions
This is What's Left at Home
I made this piece by creating the chords, bassline, and digital drum track first, and then I improvised on guitar to the track.
Drowning in the Dark
This was my first ever complete song and I wrote it during a time where everything around me was changing and I felt lost and needed someway to get those feelings out.
Set me Free
This song was written to express the hardships and the good and bad I experience every day as a growing individual.
Smoke'N Mirrors
This work was made as a project for school and is a representation of sounds that I like and my ability to use them so the compliment each other.
That Dream
My song, "That Dream," captures the feeling of waking up and realizing you can’t remember what you just dreamt.
The Blues Can Sneak Up on You
“The Blues Can Sneak Up on You” began as a rhythmic experiment: I wanted to shift between a funky, even-eighths feel (in the ‘A’ section) and a buoyant, swing feel (in the ‘B’ section).
Weight of the World
I wrote this song about the whole mess going on in the United States right now.
I Wish She Loved Me Like That
I initially started writing this song as a more general sappy yearning love song, it was only during the process of writing the lyrics that I realized I kept thinking of and writing about a friend of mine and her relationship.
As Long As I'm Yours
In a world that constantly bombards us with the desire for more—more achievement, recognition, distractions—I wrote “As Long As I’m Yours” as a reminder that all we truly need is love.
Summer break
This was a project that I worked on from my desk at home over the summer before my junior year.
Second Drip
This piece is inspired by the works of Imogen Heap, and is a fast paced, groovy song that is bass and drum heavy.
Sage my Body and Clear my Dark Mind
Sage my Body and Clear my Dark mind is a spoken word song I created on garageband using guitar and vocals to evoke deep emotion from my poetry.