SALAMIN is inspired by the story of Genesis and reimagines the relationship between Adam, Eve and the Serpent in the Garden of Eden. Based on an original concept by Oscar Gershon. In development.

MUSE is a compelling reimagining of the Roman poet Virgil’s final days. The opera uses a psychological lens to trace the blurry lines between madness and creativity, inspiration and legacy. As its central conceptual framework, the opera asks “What if”? What if Virgil had actually been married and the existence of a wife was simply lost to history? What if there had been a woman behind both the man and the masterpiece, just like so many other forgotten and uncredited muses in art and literature? What if the surviving legacy of the Aeneid is actually just as incomplete as the work itself? In development.

This comic song cycle follows Mrs Claus as she prepares and recovers from yet another holiday season.

A ten-song cycle inspired by man’s best friend. Comic and poignant, this cycle traces the journey of an owner and their beloved dog over time. Scored for high voice and piano. Premiering 2026.

At the end of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel, The Great Gatsby, Jay Gatsby is murdered in his pool by George Wilson, a mechanic who believes Gatsby killed his wife Myrtle in a car accident. In reality, it was Gatsby’s lover Daisy was driving the car—and unbeknownst to her, Myrtle was her husband Tom’s mistress. In Fitzgerald’s version of events, Daisy and Tom leave New York before hearing about Gatsby’s murder. And the reader is simply left wondering. . . how did Daisy react to Myrtle’s death? And why did she leave with Tom instead of staying with Gatsby? Set in the minutes before she leaves New York, LEAVING GATSBY provides a glimpse into the mind and motivations of Fitzgerald’s most complicated heroine. As Daisy struggles to choose between the past and the future, LEAVING GATSBY asks whether we can ever truly leave our past—or our mistakes—behind. In development.

Lullaby for Lost Children is inspired by a traditional folk lullaby and imagines the final moments of a mother as she wanders through the snow in search of absolution. For voice and piano. Premiering 2025. For voice and piano. Premiering 2025.

An American Girl imagines a young refugee’s culture shock as she observes the American teenagers at the local coffee shop and determines to become just like them. For voice and piano. Premiering 2025.

Back Home imagines the pregnant and homesick Sarinka struggling to recreate the family recipe for burek—a savory pastry—and recalling the memory of her mother and grandmother back home.   For voice and piano. Premiering 2025.

A comic song cycle about the ups and downs of sharing a space as a young couple. From choosing paint colors and dealing with each other’s annoying quirks to managing cooking disasters and celebrating awkward birthdays, this five-song collection captures the real moments of everyday life. Scored for female voice and piano. Winner of the 2025 NATS Art Song Composition Prize. Premiered 2024.

A powerful tribute to the mythology of the Wild West, this nine-song cycle traces one man’s life journey as he travels the narrow path between good and evil. Scored for low voice and piano. Premiering 2026.

A reflective text about perseverance. One of eleven movements in a multi-movement work for SATB choir and string quartet by composer Timothy C. Takach. Premiered 2025. 

Based on historical events, Computing Venus traces the later years of Maria Mitchell (1818-1889), the famed American woman astronomer who became the first professor of astronomy at Vassar College. The opera follows Mitchell’s work to cultivate the next generation of women astronomers, even as growing movements outside her classroom threatened to close the world of science to her students forever. Focusing on Mitchell’s struggles against shifting public opinion and rumors about her own sexuality, Computing Venus provides a fascinating glimpse into the life of a groundbreaking historical figure who paved the way for women in STEM in America. Premiered 2024.

This micro-opera is set in a distant future, where humans have built a generation of life-like androids to support their travels through space. Set in the waiting area outside a ship dismantling center, Beyond follows two androids – 142-6 and 513-2—as they consider what waits for them beyond the door. A compelling meditation on life, death, and what it truly means to be human.

In this song cycle for two voices and piano, a woman contends with the sirens driving climate change. Commissioned by Cristina Gallo as part of the Siren Songs project. Premiered 2024.

A five-song dark cabaret about the chaotic days (and nights!) of new motherhood. For female voice and piano.

An empowering song  that encourages young people to reject being silenced and raise their voices together. Commissioned by the ACDA Eastern Regional Middle School Honor Choir.  Scored for SATB choir and piano. Premiered 2023. 

The Blood Vote is a ground-breaking opera circus experience by composer Jenny Game and librettist Caitlin Vincent, in which famed Australian suffragist Vida Goldstein (1869-1949) faces the inevitability of Invention. Transgressing notions of high and low art, The Blood Vote celebrates the skills of the human body and the human voice, generating a spectacular immediacy with the audience. Premiered 2023

A choral work about resilience in the face of obstacles.  Commissioned by Porter-Gaud School Choirs.  Scored for SATB Choir and piano with optional handbells.  Also scored for elementary, middle, and high school choirs and piano with optional handbells. Premiered 2023.

Spoofing the musical styles of Schubert and Schumann, this comic song considers the very dramatic dilemma of finding a possum in your barbecue. For high voice and piano. Premiered 2023.

In this comic song, a woman hopes to make a positive impression on the good-looking barista. Featured on the GRAMMY-nominated vocal album 40@40. Premiered 2022.

A monodrama for bass-baritone and piano based on the infamous Captain Ahab from Moby-Dick. Premiered 2020.

A monodrama for soprano or mezzo-soprano and piano inspired by the legend of the Lady Godiva. Premiered 2020.

A comedic song cycle about unsuccessful relationships.

1. Five
2. John
3. Vince
4. Steve
5. James Squared
6. Where are they now?

Premiered 2019

An unaccompanied monodrama for solo soprano or mezzo-soprano about the version of ourself we try to present to the world. Premiered 2019. 

Set against the framework of the Mexican repatriation efforts of the 1930s, this chamber opera tells the story of Luis Garzón, a Mexican musician who immigrated to Minneapolis in 1886 and opened a small Mexican grocery store, or tienda, in St. Paul in the 1920s. Shifting between Luis’s shop in the 1930s and his early years in America, Tienda explores the immigrant experience: what must be left behind—and what cannot be forgotten—on the journey to a new home. Premiered 2019.

Inspired by historical events, Bessie and Ma tells the story of two trailblazing figures from the early 20th century: Elizabeth "Bessie" Coleman, the first female African-American aviator, and Miriam "Ma" Ferguson, the first female governor of Texas. Framed by the moments leading up to Bessie's death in 1926, the opera interweaves significant moments from each woman's life. Premiered 2019. 

A funny and heartfelt homage to music educators. For mezzo-soprano and alto saxophone. Premiered 2019. 

Song cycle for female voice and cello inspired by the modern women of Greek mythology.

1. Daphne

2. Medusa

3. Cassandra

4. Pandora

5. Persephone

This monodrama traces the emotional journey of  a woman as she struggles to conceive a child. Interweaving traditional fertility myths with key moments in the woman's experience, Nullipara explores the varied and often devastating impacts of infertility, which currently affects more than 6 million women in the United States.  Scores for soprano, chamber ensemble, and electronics. Premiered 2018.

This monodrama for soprano and chamber wind ensemble was loosely inspired by the myth of La Llorona, or the Weeping Woman. According to folklore from Central and South America, La Llorona is the ghost of a woman who drowned her children and now wanders along the banks of a river, looking for them and weeping. While the figure is often framed as an antagonist in popular culture, Ella Que Llora leaves it to the audience to decide whether the woman’s actions were accidental or not. Premiered 2019.

ROSIES follows three women working on the assembly line of a Michigan bomber factory in 1944. Despite their different backgrounds, the three have found a shared purpose and unexpected freedom through their work at the factory. With news of an unexpected victory overseas, however, each is faced with the prospect of the war ending sooner than expected. Premiered 2017. 

Inspired by Bach's Coffee Cantata, The Art of Fugue: The Opera outlines the classic conundrum faced by a music-loving father and son: to Baroque or not to Baroque? Scored for 3 singers and harpsichord. Premiered 2016.

Told through the eyes of an American journalist, Better Gods is the story of Queen Lili'uokalani, the last reigning monarch of Hawaii, who fought to preserve her people's culture when the island was annexed to the United States. Scored for 6 singers and chamber ensemble. Premiered 2016

This darkly comic monodrama follows aging socialite Rebecca Manchester as she reflects on her life and love of opera. Over the course of an extravagant prix-fixe dinner, however, it becomes clear that Rebecca is much more than a simple enthusiast. Premiered 2015.

Set against the framework of Ellis Island at the turn of the 20th century, Uncle Alex tells the story of one immigrant family and the simple, yet heroic act that changes their lives forever. Premiered 2013.

Written in honor of the 50th anniversary of the assassination of John F. Kennedy, Camelot Requiem begins immediately after the President's death on November 22, 1963 and follows those closest to him as they come to terms with a world that will never be the same.  Scored for 10 singers and chamber orchestra.

At the end of Mozart's Don Giovanni, the black-hearted Don is dragged down to Hell for all eternity. But is that what really happened? Murder is on the menu in this inventive and entertaining adaptation of the classic opera...as a whodunit! Sung in Italian with English dialogue. Scored for 8 singers and piano accompaniment. Premiered 2011.

This comic adaptation of Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro follows neurotic librettist Lorenzo da Ponte as he deals with writer's block, rebellious characters, and the general chaos of writing a libretto for a new opera. Sung in Italian with original English dialogue. Scored for 11 singers (concert-style), 1 actor, and piano accompaniment. Premiered 2008.