Teaching & Leading
Resonant Body, Founder and Instructor, private lessons in somatic singing and composition for queer and trans adults, Sep. 2020 - present
The Voice As Home, Instructor, 4-week somatic vocal workshop at Pieter Performance Space, LA, Jan. 2024; 1-day workshop for the Queer Student Union at Virginia Commonwealth University, Aug. 2023
Strike Choir, Founder and Music Director, ensemble transforming pop songs into labor anthems to perform at the WGA and SAG picket lines, May - June 2023
The Voice Lab Inc., Voice Instructor in singing and gender-affirming speech, Chicago, Aug. 2019 - Sep. 2020
Girls Rock! Chicago, Band Coach, Songwriting and Keyboard Instructor, Vocal Workshop Leader, Chicago, Jul. - Aug. 2019
Wesleyan Concert Choir, Teaching Assistant, CT, 2018 – 2019
(Do Not) Despair Solo, Composition Coach for Marissa Perel’s full-length performance at American Realness Festival, Abrons Art Center, NY, Jan. 2018
Sound & Magic Workshop, Teaching Artist at youth summer arts camp, Abrons Art Center, NY, Aug. 2017
Tight Braid Choir, Founder and Music Director, part of interdisciplinary theater collective Tight Braid Group, NY, 2013 – 2017
Education
Wesleyan University MA in Music Composition with Paula Matthusen, Tyshawn Sorey (full scholarship), 2017 – 2019
Carnatic vocal training with B. Balasubrahmaiyan, 2017 – 2019; with Roopa Mahadevan, 2023
Voice As Practice with Meredith Monk (scholarships awarded), 2016 – 2018
Open Source Singing Method with Nick Hallett, 2015 – 2017
Bard College BA in German Studies with Poetry Minor, 2007 – 2010
Sarah Lawrence College, Dance Major, 2006 – 2007
Residencies & Grants
Woodstock Byrdcliffe Guild Artist Residency, Aug. 2021
Mellon Foundation Creative Campus Fund, Dec. 2018
New Amsterdam Records Composers Lab with William Brittelle, Jun. – Nov. 2018
Abrons Art Center Residency, New York, NY, Jun. – Jul. 2017
Wassaic Project Artist Residency, Wassaic, NY, Jan. – Mar. 2017
Arch & Bruce Brown Foundation Grant, Apr. 2016
The Brick Resident Artist Program, Brooklyn, NY, Mar. – Apr. 2016
Dixon Place Artist Development Residency, New York, NY, May – Sep. 2015
Room & Board Residency, Brooklyn, NY, Mar. – Apr. 2015
Music Scoring & Commissioned Collaborations
Yearning, dance opera by Zoe Morris, Stomping Ground LA, Nov. 2023
Giving In, interview podcast series about the experience of surrender by Patty Carnivale, Apr. 2023
Morning After Mournings, evening-length dance piece by Vanessa Anspaugh, commissioned by and premiering at New York Live Arts, Nov. 2022
Life Compositions, custom songs commissioned by groups and individuals to accompany them through life's transitions and daily rituals, Dec. 2021 - Present
Nothing Lost (Weaning Song), for Daniela Gesundheit, Mar. 2023
Centering Song, for Between Friends Counseling in Chicago, Mar. 2022
Birthing Song, for Talia Berrett, Jan. 2022
Another Body (Rebirth Song), for Miriam Dolnick, Dec. 2021
The New Historia, podcast about women’s contributions to knowledge throughout history, commissioned by The New School, 2019
Covenant, feature-length play by Francis Weiss Rabkin, development showings at the New York Theater Workshop Dec. 2016, Apr. 2017, and Apr. 2019
Amboy, feature-length film by Frances Scholz and starring Paul Giamatti, Chris Kraus, and Penny Arcade, screened at The Kitchen, New York; Tif Sigfrids Gallery, Los Angeles; Wattis Institute, San Francisco, 2017
Reversal of Terms, dance and video installation by Phoebe Osborne at Columbia University, graduate thesis showcase, Mar. 2017
The Summit, short film by Leah DeVun, installed at the Tang Museum, Saratoga Springs, NY as part of Liz Collins: Energy Field, 2016
Won’t Be A Ghost, feature-length play by Francis Weiss Rabkin (Tight Braid Group), performances at Brooklyn Studios for Dance, May 2016; Cake Shop, Apr. 2016; The Brick Theater, Apr. 2016; Dixon Place, Sep. 2015; Prelude Festival, Oct. 2014; The Drama League of New York, May 2014; HERE Arts, Oct. 2013; Martin E. Segal Theatre Center, Sep. 2013
Good Evening Strangers, dance by Lindsay Reuter performed at New York Live Arts Fresh Tracks Showcase, Jun. 2015
Because Particles, short film series by Lily Benson at KHM Gallery, Malmö, Sweden, 2015
Answered Prayers, award-winning adult film series by Cocky Boys Films, 2015
Episodes of Starlite, film series by Frances Scholz and Mark von Schlegell, starring Paul Giamatti and Susan Howe, screened at Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles; Museum Ludwig, Cologne; Chisenhale Gallery, London; Athens Video Arts Festival; Musé d’Art Moderne et Contemporain, Geneva, 2010 – 2012
Original Productions As Composer/Performer
Touch Wood, solo album (unreleased) for voice, piano, organ, synth, harp, drum kit, experimental percussion, bells, and field recordings, self-performed and self-recorded, with accompanying poetry book, mixed by Skyler Pia, 2024
Peony (5 Petals), radio opera for electric bass, erhu, vocals, ceramic instrument samples, actors, and field recordings, adapting the 16th century kunqu opera The Peony Pavilion by Tang Xianzu, Pelagic Radio, Aug. 2023
Helpful Moments, three evening-length solo concerts for voice and piano, live-streamed, 2020-2021
Tarot Solos and Duets, song cycle for piano and voice, commissioned by Fulcrum Point and performed at Elastic Arts, Chicago, Sep. 2019
Sewing Music, solo performance for sewing machine, voice, field recordings, movement, and fabric, Remains Lighting Factory, Brooklyn, Dec. 2018
Select Performances, Wesleyan University Masters Program:
+Peony (Queer’s Commentary), evening-length interdisciplinary composition for electric bass, erhu, vocals, laptop, ceramic instrument samples, dizi, choir, actors, and lights, adapting the 16th century kunqu opera The Peony Pavilion by Tang Xianzu, Apr. 2019
+Menstrual Notation, string quartet performed by Mivos Quartet, Dec. 2018
+Case Study/Four Trees, string quartet performed by West End String Quartet, Dec. 2018
+Chants of Survival, evening-length concert of original songs and interpretations for choir, cello, keyboards, organ, drum kit, movement, Oct. 2018
+Care Charts, graphic score for trombone, sarangi, piano, gyil, vibraphone, Apr. 2018
+Autoimmune Archive, solo performance for projections, field recordings, and movement at the John Cage Musicircus, Dec. 2017
+Murder Ballad (For Carolyn Bush), trio for piano, vocals, and electric cello, Dec. 2017
+Piano Solo, silent piece for movement and piano, Dec. 2017
+Echo Revision, trio for piano and two voices, text by Ann Lauterbach, Sep. 2017
Bath Piece, song cycle for four voices and water performed in a bath at Room & Board Residency Salon, Apr. 2015
Cross, keyboard and cello experimental pop duo, performances at Zebulon, Public Assembly, and Muchmores, Brooklyn, NY; King Georg, Cologne, Germany, and Fab Lab, Berlin, Germany, 2011 – 2014
Select Vocal Performances
Cassils, “Human Measure” premiere at Redcat, LA, Oct. 2022
lucky dragons, “Other Transformations” premier at Zilkha Gallery, CT Feb. 2019
Miguel Gutierrez, “Age and Beauty Part 3” premier at Fisher Center, NY Sep. 2015
Matmos, performance at the Dia:Chelsea Fall Gala, NY Nov. 2013
Published Writing and Music
Physica, original song selected by Feminist Synth Lab and released on their annual mix tape, Jan. 2024
The Chicago Reader, contributing music critic, Jul. 2019 - Present
Ugly Duckling Presse, author of “Martha,” poetry chapbook with sold-out 800 print run, illustrated by Molly Schaeffer, 2015
The Brooklyn Rail, contributing dance critic, 2014 – 2015
Block Magazin (Berlin), contributing cultural essayist, 2012 – 2018
HTML Giant, contributing poetry critic, 2011
Dance Research Journal, German-English translator, Vol. 42, 2010