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Contriving the Chimes


Project
ongoing

Monodramas for
voice and string quartet


Co-commissioned from
Caroline Shaw
Doug Balliet

In Collaboration with
St. Lawrence String Quartet

Directed by
Christoper Alden

Presented by
Stanford Live

Created at
Mohr Visiting Artist Residency

Oracle Hysterical


Ensemble

A composer-performer collective
that reimagines literary classics
through epic concert experiences.


Operations & Management
Opera Cabal

Website
Oracle Hysterical

Publicity
Unfinished Side Productions

Passionate Pilgrim


Album
2016

A chamber-pop song cycle
on poems once fraudulently
attributed to Shakespeare.


Written by
Oracle Hysterical

Collaborators
New Vintage Baroque
Jeff Dolve

Label
Vision Into Art ( VIA )

Management
Beth Beauchamp

Produced by
Opera Cabal

Buy on
Itunes

Hecuba


Album
2018

An electro-acoustic album
adapted from the tragedy
by Euripides


Written by
Oracle Hysterical

Collaborators
Jason Treuting
Christopher Botta

Produced by
Opera Cabal

Publicity
Unfinished Side Productions

ATTHIS


Project
2014

G.F. Haas’s heart-wrenching
monodrama, premiered
at the Kitchen, NYC


Composers
Georg Friedrich Haas
Marcos Balter

Directed by
Habib Azar

Conducted by
Peyman Farzinpour

Collaborators
ACME
Ariadne Grief
Nadia Sirota 

Salons


Chicago, Berkeley
ongoing

An intimate forum
for the presentation
of groundbreaking work
in the arts and sciences

Mainline Music


Concert Series
ongoing

A creative haven
for uncommon artists
& adventurous audiences
with a crazy sense
of possibility


Website
Mainline Music

Venue
Starline Social Club

Aeolus


Project
ongoing

A multimedia opera
blending indie-rock,
throat singing and narration


Written by
Ken Ueno

Collaborators
FLUX quartet
Thomas Tsang
Erin Johnson

Ritornello/De Rerum


Project
2012

A solo meditation on
the idea of repetition and return
& a hip-hop lecture
based on Lucretius


Co-commissioned from
Elliot Cole
Caroline Shaw

Later Performed by
JACK Quartet
ACME
Roomful of Teeth

The Slumber Thief


Project
2012

A multimedia excursion
into the dreams of toy
piano and video duo


Created by
Phyllis Chen
Robert Dietz

Collaborators
Joseph Cermatori
High Concept Labs
Reva & David Logan Center for the Arts

End Opera


Project
2011

A mind-bending meditation
on the form and content
of opera


Collaborators
Teddy Rankin-Parker
Alexander Overington

Dramaturgy by
Amy Stebbins

USW


Project
2009

Written by
Lewis Nielson

Directed by
Habib Azar

Conducted by
Nicholas DeMaison 

Video Design by
Alexander Overington

Collaborators
Chris Otto, violin
Vicky Chow, piano
Andrew Nogal, oboe
Amelia Lukas, flute
Emily Dufour, cello
Wendeline Everett, bsn

Contriving the Chimes


Project
ongoing

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Oracle Hysterical


Ensemble

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Passionate Pilgrim


Album
2016

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Hecuba


Album
2018

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ATTHIS


Project
2014

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Salons


Chicago, Berkeley
ongoing

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Mainline Music


Concert Series
ongoing

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Aeolus


Project
ongoing

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Ritornello/De Rerum


Project
2012

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The Slumber Thief


Project
2012

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End Opera


Project
2011

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USW


Project
2009

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