commissioned by the 2026 Australian Festival of Chamber Music
for the AFCM Pathways Program

for woodwind quintet

Bar-tailed godwits undertake annual migrations of epic proportions. Along the Pacific Flyways, they stay aloft for days at a time, seeking winds that carry them from Alaska to New Zealand (and back again).

Orpheus Quintet
Kara Thorpe, flute / piccolo
Justin Wang, clarinet
Gahyun Lee, oboe
Dylan Roberts, bassoon
Jude Austen Kaupe, horn

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commissioned by the 2026 Australian Festival of Chamber Music
for the AFCM Pathways Program

for woodwind quintet

Bar-tailed godwits undertake annual migrations of epic proportions. Along the Pacific Flyways, they stay aloft for days at a time, seeking winds that carry them from Alaska to New Zealand (and back again).

Orpheus Quintet
Kara Thorpe, flute / piccolo
Justin Wang, clarinet
Gahyun Lee, oboe
Dylan Roberts, bassoon
Jude Austen Kaupe, horn

Event details [linked here]

commissioned by the 2026 Australian Festival of Chamber Music
for the AFCM Pathways Program

for woodwind quintet

Bar-tailed godwits undertake annual migrations of epic proportions. Along the Pacific Flyways, they stay aloft for days at a time, seeking winds that carry them from Alaska to New Zealand (and back again).

Orpheus Quintet
Kara Thorpe, flute / piccolo
Justin Wang, clarinet
Gahyun Lee, oboe
Dylan Roberts, bassoon
Jude Austen Kaupe, horn

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commissioned by the Cairns Regional Council
for the Cairns Celebrates 150 Years Program

for flute, clarinet, string quartet, and piano

Forest, Ocean, City celebrates the 150th anniversary of Cairns––a city uniquely situated between rainforest and reef.

Australian Festival of Chamber Music
Joshua Batty, flute
Lloyd Van’t Hoff, clarinet
Doretta Balkizas, Alexandra Raikhlina, violins
Stephanie Farrands, viola
Julian Smiles, cello
Piers Lane AO, piano

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commissioned by the 2026 Australian Festival of Chamber Music
for the AFCM Pathways Program

for woodwind quintet

Bar-tailed godwits undertake annual migrations of epic proportions. Along the Pacific Flyways, they stay aloft for days at a time, seeking winds that carry them from Alaska to New Zealand (and back again).

Orpheus Quintet
Kara Thorpe, flute / piccolo
Justin Wang, clarinet
Gahyun Lee, oboe
Dylan Roberts, bassoon
Jude Austen Kaupe, horn

Event details [linked here]

co-commissioned by the New York Youth Symphony and Interlochen Center for the Arts, as part of the Jon Deak First Music Program

for orchestra

Continental Express imagines a high-speed rail journey across America. Along the way, the train takes in sights of the Great Plains, Rocky Mountains, and Mojave Desert.

World Youth Symphony Orchestra
Cristian Mǎcelaru, conductor

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part of an upcoming album release through NCPA Classics

for piano quintet

i. network architecture
ii. garden city
iii. airport express
iv. night skyline
v. interchange station

Mass Transit is inspired by the Shanghai metro system: an elaborate network of lines, trains, tunnels / overpasses, and interchange stations.

Vivace String Quartet 无极四重奏
Wang Chao 王超, piano

co-commissioned by the New York Youth Symphony and Interlochen Center for the Arts, as part of the Jon Deak First Music Program

for orchestra

Continental Express imagines a high-speed rail journey across America. Along the way, the train takes in sights of the Great Plains, Rocky Mountains, and Mojave Desert.

Colorado College Summer Music Festival Orchestra
Sam Wu, conductor

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winner of the 2021 Isidora Zebeljan Award, in Kragujevac, Serbia

for piano quintet

i. network architecture
ii. garden city
iii. airport express
iv. night skyline
v. interchange station

Mass Transit is inspired by the Shanghai metro system: an elaborate network of lines, trains, tunnels / overpasses, and interchange stations.

Colorado College Summer Music Festival artist faculty
Scott Yoo, Stefan Hersh, violins
Toby Appel, viola
Bion Tsang, cello
Susan Grace, piano

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commissioned by Sophia Szokolay, with generous support from the Center for Global Studies at Whitman College

sonata for violin and piano

A meditation on the past, present, and future of human migration.

Sophia Szokolay, violin
Janice Lu, piano

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winner of the 2021 Isidora Zebeljan Award, in Kragujevac, Serbia

for piano quintet

i. network architecture
ii. garden city
iii. airport express
iv. night skyline
v. interchange station

Mass Transit is inspired by the Shanghai metro system: an elaborate network of lines, trains, tunnels / overpasses, and interchange stations.

Vivace String Quartet 无极四重奏
Wang Chao 王超, piano

Event details [TBA]

commissioned by Trio Menil, with generous support from the Houston Arts Alliance

dedicated to Zion National Park

for piano trio

In February of 2026, I was fortunate to be the Artist-in-Residence at Zion National Park. I spent three transformative weeks among towering red sandstone cliffs, staying in the Grotto House near the trailhead for Zion’s most famous hike––Angel’s Landing.

Trio Menil
Jonathan Mak, piano
Jacob Schafer, violin
David Dietz, cello

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commissioned by oboist Courtney Miller, as part of her “Postcards from Six Continents” project

for oboe and piano

i. transience
ii. aria
iii. hub

Airports exist in dynamic equilibrium, with people constantly commuting to and fro, flying in and out.

members of Ensemble Contemporain
Amanda Rearden, oboe
Ian Lewis piano

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commissioned by Trio Menil, with generous support from the Houston Arts Alliance

dedicated to Zion National Park

for piano trio

In February of 2026, I was fortunate to be the Artist-in-Residence at Zion National Park. I spent three transformative weeks among towering red sandstone cliffs, staying in the Grotto House near the trailhead for Zion’s most famous hike––Angel’s Landing.

Trio Menil
Jonathan Mak, piano
Jacob Schafer, violin
David Dietz, cello

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commissioned by Sophia Szokolay, with generous support from the Center for Global Studies at Whitman College

sonata for violin and piano

A meditation on the past, present, and future of human migration.

Maya French, violin
Chris Staknys, piano

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Second Prize in the Institute for Choral Creativity’s New Choral Music Competition

for unaccompanied SATB chorus

setting two poems by Sara Teasdale (1884–1933)

I. There Will Come Soft Rains
II. June Night

The Micklegate Singers
Anita Datta, conductor

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commissioned by Jonathan Mak

for solo piano

everywhere,
the ruins look the same––
cities of ash and dust.

Lyndon Ji, piano

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for solo cello

Trading routes that once took caravans months, over treacherous terrains, are now travelled in a matter of hours; Asia and Europe are merely linked by one night’s sleep.

i. contrails
ii. deserts
iii. mountains
iv. night

Dana Rath, cello

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winner of a Jury Prize at the Sydney Int’l Piano Competition’s “Composing the Future” initiative, with support from Creative Partnerships Australia

for solo piano

Tiny Forests is inspired by the urban planning concept of breaking up a city’s concrete-and-glass jungle with plots of miniature forests. While small in scale, they still adhere to the principles of how forests form and grow: a nourishing layer of soil, above which lies (in ascending order) the shrub, sub-tree, tree, and canopy layers.

Amalia Castoldi, piano

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co-commissioned by the New York Youth Symphony and Interlochen Center for the Arts, as part of the Jon Deak First Music Program

for orchestra

Continental Express imagines a high-speed rail journey across America. Along the way, the train takes in sights of the Great Plains, Rocky Mountains, and Mojave Desert.

New York Youth Symphony
Andrew J. Kim, music director

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commissioned by Michael Clark

for solo piano

The clouds swirled and at times obscured the mountain peaks, as the fall foliage swayed in the wind.

Michael Clark, piano

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presented by the Ensemble for These Times (E4TT)

for piano four-hands

While highway interchanges exist on a large scale, a bird's-eye view of them captures not only their grandeur, but also their geometric elegance.

Dale Tsang and TBA, piano

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commissioned by Michael Clark

for solo piano

The clouds swirled and at times obscured the mountain peaks, as the fall foliage swayed in the wind.

Michael Clark, piano

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commissioned by the 2018 APAC Orchestra Festivals, in Beijing, China

for string orchestra

For countless generations, only men were allowed to train to hunt with eagles. It was the way things were.

Until one day, a brave, fearless girl steps forward, determined to learn the ways of the hunt from her father. This is her story––Mongolia’s first eagle huntress.

Harmonia and West Vancouver Youth Band
Nicholas Urquhart, principal conductor

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commissioned by the 2018 APAC Orchestra Festivals, in Beijing, China

for string orchestra

For countless generations, only men were allowed to train to hunt with eagles. It was the way things were.

Until one day, a brave, fearless girl steps forward, determined to learn the ways of the hunt from her father. This is her story––Mongolia’s first eagle huntress.

Whitman College Orchestra
Paul Luongo, music director

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commissioned by the 2018 APAC Orchestra Festivals, in Beijing, China

for string orchestra

For countless generations, only men were allowed to train to hunt with eagles. It was the way things were.

Until one day, a brave, fearless girl steps forward, determined to learn the ways of the hunt from her father. This is her story––Mongolia’s first eagle huntress.

Anne Arundel All-County Orchestra
Bruce Walker, guest conductor

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written for the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra
as part of the ‘22–’23 Australian Composers’ School

version for solo piano

Aria is my re-imagination of a Baroque adagio movement.

Nobuaki Satoh 佐藤伸輝, piano

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written for the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra
as part of the ‘22–’23 Australian Composers’ School

version for solo piano

Aria is my re-imagination of a Baroque adagio movement.

Nobuaki Satoh 佐藤伸輝, piano

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commissioned by oboist Courtney Miller, as part of her “Postcards from Six Continents” project

version for clarinet and piano

i. transience
ii. aria
iii. hub

Airports exist in dynamic equilibrium, with people constantly commuting to and fro, flying in and out.

Nikki Pet, clarinet
Lyndon Ji, piano

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First Prize in the 2020 iSING! Festival Composition Competition

for baritone and orchestra

A setting of Tang dynasty poet Li Bai’s “Quiet Thoughts by Night”《静夜思》.

Chengdu Symphony Orchestra
Chen Lin, conductor
Guo Yiyi, baritone

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