Composed as part of the Impulse New Music Festival in summer of 2025, Within is a piece that explores identity, asking the players to play and sing as well as speak words aloud, and finally to improvise based on the previous material. Many thanks to the Brightwork Ensemble for their wonderful rendition.
This is one of Maddie’s original songs. It was included on their recital, sung live with other vocalists, a cellist, and pianist.
Played by Phyllis Chen as part of Wildflower Composition Camp in the summer of 2020, disconnected:connected is a piece for toy piano that includes choice, improvisation, and free meter.