String Orchestra Music
Empty Branches, Crystalline Grace for string orchestra (2012)
Haunting music of introspection, leading through fragments of "Balm in Gilead" to eventual grace and joy. Premiere by Augustana College Orchestra, Sioux Falls, SD, Christopher Stanichar, director, 2012
Empty Branches, Crystalline Grace - Augustana Orchestra/Stanichar
Breath for string orchestra (2014)
Musical portrayal of an essence of life, even when it is compromised through disease. Premiere by Augustana College Orchestra, in honor of Ashley Ballou-Bonnema and her life with Cystic Fibrosis, Sioux Falls, SD, Scott Johnson, director, 2015 Listen here