Professional Activities

Professional Activities:

2017
Abundant Silence New Works Concert in Denver, Colorado

Hypochondriasis for Piano won the 2017 Composition Contest and will be performed in January 27, 2018

Delian Academy for New Music, Mykonos, Greece

Hypnogogic Hallucinations for Also Saxophone premiered on June 17th, 2017 by Saxophonist Bera Romairone

Piano recital at Indianapolis Landmarks Center

Hypochondriasis for Piano will be performed in July, 2017 by Pianist Minju Choi

Faculty recital at the University of Indianapolis

Hypochondriasis for Piano will be performed in July, 2017 by Pianist Minju Choi

2017 TUTTI Festival at Denison University, Ohio

Hypochondriasis for Piano was performed on February 10th, 2017 by Pianist Minju Choi

2016

Passacaglia for Percussion Solo commissioned by Chris McLaurin, principal percussionist from Kansas City Symphony, Premiere- TBA 2017
Delusion (TBA) for Trumpet and Organ commissioned by Clarion, a trumpet and organ duo (Keith Benjamin -Trumpet, Melody Steed – Organ), Premiere - TBA 2017

2015
Valencia International Performance Academy and Festival in Valencia, Spain

Hypochondriasis for Piano premiered July 22nd, 2015 by Pianist Jenny Lin
Iracundia for string quartet reading session on July 21, 2015 with MIVOS Quartet

2014
PUBLIQ Access Composition Competition & PUBLIQ Access Showcase Concert in New York City

Iracundia for string quartet won the 2014 PUBLIQ Access Composition Competition. Performed May 24, 2014 by PUBLIQuartet at the PUBLIQ Access Showcase Concert in New York City
PUBLIQuartet Travel Fund, April 2014

MACRO Composition Competition

Iracundia for string quartet Awarded Honorable Mention in the 2014 Macro Analysis Creative Research Organization Composition Competition, November, 2013

Women Composers Festival of Hartford, Hartford, CT

Insomnia for wind quintet was performed on March 6th, 2014 by The Sylvanus Ensemble
UMKC (University of Missouri-Kansas City) Graduate Student Travel Grant, March, 2014

2013
Orient/Occident 2013 Music Composers’ Forum in Kiev, Ukraine

Iracundia for string quartet won a fellowship to the Orient/Occident Music Composers’ Forum
Music and Mental Disorder (research paper) presented on September 26, 2013
KCKCC Faculty Professional Development Fund, September, 2013

Kiev New Music Festival in Kiev, Ukraine

Iracundia for string quartet was performed on September 28, 2013 by Ricochet String Quartet

highSCORE Music Festival in Pavia, Italy

Iracundia for string quartet was commissioned and premiered on July 25th, 2013 by Bruson String Quartet at the highSCORE Music Festival in Pavia, Italy
UMKC Conservatory Summer Grant, July 2013

11th Annual Hawaii International Conference on Arts and Humanities, Honolulu

Development of the Original Korean Musical (research paper) was presented on January 11th, 2013 at the 11th Annual Hawaii International Conference on Arts and Humanities, Honolulu
Barnett and Shirley Helzberg Award in Memory of Gladys Feld Helzberg and Carol Tally Davis Award—granted by UMKC Women’s Council

2012
Beijing International Composition Workshop, China

Hypochondriasis partially presented on July 15th, 2012 at the Beijing International Composition Workshop, China
Go Free, Giant! for electronic music was presented on July 7th, 2010
UMKC Conservatory Summer Grant, July 2012

2010
Etchings-A Festival of Contemporary Music in Auvillar, France

2009
Oregon Bach Festival Composers Symposium

Present Chaos premiered on July 3rd, 2009 at the Oregon Bach Festival Composers’ Symposium at University of Oregon

Oak Park High School’s Annual Concert, Kansas City

Rhapsody for String Orchestra was commissioned by Oak Park High School String Orchestra and premiered on May 7th, 2009 at the Oak Park High School’s Annual Concert, Kansas City

2007
IAWM 6th Annual Women in New Music Festival, California State University-Fullerton

Discourse upon Discord was performed at the IAWM 6th Annual Women in New Music Festival, California State University-Fullerton, March 2007
Performed on April, 7th 2006 at Stony Brook University at the Wind Chamber Music Festival
Stony Brook University Music Departmental Travel Grant, March 2007
SUNY- GSEU (Graduate Students Employees Union) Conference Grant, March 2007

2006
Stony Brook University Wind Chamber Music Festival