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Select works from 2023 to present
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Shadow Drawing No. 4 (2024)
Premiered at Bang on a Can LOUD WeekendMass MoCA, North Adams MA, in August 2024Performed by BoaC Performer Fellows
V S T M O T S Y (2025)
Premiered at Colburn Conservatory, Los Angeles, CA, in August 2025Performed by Brightwork Ensemble
Shadow Drawing No. 2 (2024)10 minutesPremiered at Kemp Recital Hall, Normal IL, in March 2024. Performed by HYPERCUBE
Works List
Solo Works
Shadow Drawing No. 5 (2024)
solo violin
7 minutes
Ghost Shadow (2022)
For solo electric guitar
8 minutes
Chamber Ensemble Works
To Grasp the Movement of the Sun (2025)
For flute, bass clarinet alto saxophone, cello, electric guitar, keyboard
6 minutes
Premiered at Bangkok Arts Center. Bangkok, Thailand in December 2025
Commissioned by Tacet(i) Ensemble
Nishi Miya (2025)
For daegeum, piri and ajaeng
8 minutes
Premiered at Orvis Auditorium, Honolulu, HI, in February 2026
80 20.61’ N (2025)
For flute and double bass
7 minutes
V S T M O T S Y (2025) Listen
For flute, clarinet/bs. clarinet, violin, cello, piano, vibraphone
8 minutes
Premiered at Colburn Conservatory, Los Angeles, CA, in August 2025
Commissioned by Brightwork Ensemble
Bones of a Whale (2025)
For electric guitar, double bass and drum kit
10 minutes
Shadow Drawing No. 6: Gnalodden Trapper Cabin and Bird Colony (2024)
For piano and electric guitar
24 minutes
Music For Vibraphone and Guitar (2024)
For electric guitar and vibraphone
Premiered at Constellation, Chicago IL, in March 2024
Duration varies depending on performance
Shadow Drawing No. 2 (2024) Listen
For tenor saxophone, electric guitar, piano/accordion, percussion
10 minutes
Premiered at Kemp Recital Hall, Normal IL, in March 2024
Old New (2023) Listen
For gayageum and electric guitar
8 minutes
Premiered at Orvis Auditorium, Honolulu, HI, in February 2023
Graphic Score For 2 Casio Keyboards (2020)
For Two Casio Keyboards
5 minutes
Double Improvisation Ensemble (2018)
For two guitars, two double basses, and two drum kits
Duration varies depending on performance
Premiered at Shapeshifter Lab, Brooklyn, NY.
Sound Installations
Large Ensemble Works
Seeds (2026) recording available upon request
For orchestra
(2, 2 + Bs Cl., 2, 2 / 4, 3, 2 + bs. tbc / timp. / 3 perc. / harp /10, 8, 6, 6, 4)
7 minutes
When the Glacier Meets the Sky (2025) recording available upon request
For orchestra
(2, 2 + Bs Cl., 2, 2 / 4, 3, 2 + bs. tbc / timp. / 3 perc. / 10, 8, 6, 6, 4)
7 minutes
Shadow Drawing No. 4 (2024) Listen
For flute, clarinet/bass clarinet, drum kit, vibraphone, piano, soprano voice, violin, viola, cello, double bass
Premiered at Bang on a Can LOUD Weekend - Mass MoCA, North Adams MA, in August 2024.
7 minutes
Commissioned with the generous support from Justus and Elizabeth Schlichting
Wave II (2022)
For Seven Electric Guitars and Five Voices
8 minutes
Electroacoustic Works
Svell (2025)
For trumpet, drum kit, piano and electronics
9 minutes
Premiered at Colbey College. Waterville, Maine in March 2026
Commissioned by SPLICE Ensemble
Snorok (2025)
For flute and electronics
7 minutes
Premiered at UC San Diego. San Diego, CA in April 2026
Breath (2024)
For shakuhachi and voice/electronics
11 minutes
Premiered at Orvis Auditorium, Honolulu, HI, in February 2024
Spark Surge (2023) Listen
For clarinet, violin, cello and prepared piano
7 minutes
Premiered at San Antonio College McAllister Auditorium, San Antonio TX, in July 2023
Unheard-Of Ensemble
Migration (2022) Listen
For violin and electronics
4 minutes
Premiered at Orvis Auditorium, Honolulu, HI, in November 2022
Vocal Works
The Wood (2025)
Chamber Opera
Soprano voice and string quartet
40 minutes
Premiered at Timucua Arts. Orlando, Florida in March 2026
Snow Improvisations (2025) Listen
For soprano voice, flute, violin, percussion
7 minutes
Premiered at New Music on the Point, Lake Dunmore, VT, in June 2025
Mokebley and Simonson (2024)
For Soprano and Mezzo-Soprano Voice
8 minutes
Premiered at Orvis Auditorium, Honolulu, HI, in February 2025
Stop, Drop and Gandolfini (2022) listen here
For Voice, Electric Guitar, Casio Keyboard and Electronics
Performed and co-composed by Jessica Ackerley (guitar, electronics, and casio keyboard) and Cansu Tankrikulu (voice and electronics)
8 minutes
Commissioned with the generous support of Mutual Mentorship