Stories I Didn't Know, the documentary I scored last year about the entanglement of Irish immigrants and Native people of Minnesota, will be airing on TPT - Twin Cities PBS.
Stories I Didn’t Know on PBS
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MN Opera Commission: Chim Lạc (Lost Bird)
My good friend Oanh Vu and I were commissioned by MN Opera to write a mini opera, which will be available to stream for free starting February 9th at 1pm. It's part of a month-long series of short operas created by Minnesota artists.
Oanh wrote the story and co-created a beautiful shadow puppet show with Andrew Young, with the help of puppeteers liping vong and Ty Chapman. I composed the music and songs that came to life thanks to the MN Opera orchestra, vocalists Lady Midnight and Monique Bạch Hạc Nguyen, classical guitarist Milena Petkovic, percussionist Eri Isomura, music mixer Andy Thompson, and sound designer Mike Hallenbeck.
Crimes of the Centuries Podcast
I've been working with the Crimes of the Centuries podcast to recreate some sweet old songs that don't exist in recorded form. The first song is 1875's "Bring Back Our Darling," about 4-year-old Charley Ross, the first child kidnapped for ransom. My vocal and piano renditions of the song appear in the first few minutes of Episode 9.
2020 Album Released
My album 2020 is out now on Bandcamp, Spotify, Apple Music, etc. It was a yearlong project that came to life with the help of 20 musicians recording in their homes, sponsored by many generous Kickstarter backers.
Incompleteness Wins Best TV Series at LAFA
A new TV show I scored just won Best TV Series at the Los Angeles Film Awards, possibly the biggest competition for indie film and TV. Incompleteness is a drama and dark comedy by David Ash, who I've worked with on several films, including Twin Cities.
Four Humours is on Kickstarter!
Five years ago, I had the crazy idea to make a game based on the four humours theory of personality, in which your blood, bile, and phlegm influenced your temperament. I'm happy to announce that my game Four Humours is now on Kickstarter!
Burren Girl
Earlier this year, I composed for Rita Davern and Melody Gilbert's film Stories I Didn't Know, about the struggle between the Dakota people and Irish immigrants moving to Minnesota.
But Rita wasn't finished with her story. She still had years of footage from her trips to Ireland, searching for her family's roots, and finding out why they moved to America. That's what her follow up documentary Burren Girl is all about.
I was pleased to work with Rita again. This time around, I acted more as music supervisor and editor, helping find existing Irish songs and gluing them together with custom composition.
Kickstarter for New Album: “2020”
I just launched a Kickstarter for my new album of original songs.
They're some of my most personal songs yet, about lost relationships, anxiety, and the search for meaning in life.
Stories I Didn’t Know
I recently scored the feature documentary Stories I Didn't Know. It's a heartfelt journey of Irish-American woman Rita Davern coming to terms with her ancestors buying land that was sacred to the Dakota people of Minnesota.
Dragon Insurance in the Finals of the Cardboard Edison Award
My board game Dragon Insurance made it to the finals of the Cardboard Edison Award! It's one of 16 finalist games out of 195 submissions. The judges will be playing these games in April, and I'll know the results soon after.