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COMPOSITION PORTFOLIO
FILM SCORES
One Summer Night [2024]
Long Lê, Ann Nguyễn
Brothers Huy and Hai struggle with their differences when deciding to admit their ailing father into hospice care. One rejects his future while the other barrels toward it.
Từ Nước (Of Water) [2023]
Marion Hill, Oxford American
Chef Nini Nguyễn prepares a traditional feast for the 2023 Lunar New Year with help from her elders and fellow second-generation Vietnamese community members.
Chú đi Biển (Uncle at Sea) [2022]
Marion Hill, HULU
The 2010 BP Oil Gulf Spill upended the lives of migrant fishermen in the Gulf South. Chú Thien led his community to the state capitol to fight for adequate compensation.
Goodnight Moon [2022]
Dr. Tara Melvin, New Orleans Opera
The Storybook Project is a free program geared toward our youngest audience, which pairs classical stories, narrated by local celebrities and scored by local composers, with classical music.
CHAMBER
in letting go [2023]
string quartet — commissioned by the Contemporary Youth Orchestra
Cleveland, OH
to break a pattern [2022]
flute, violin, piano, cello — commissioned by Salastina
Los Angeles, LA
the midnight drive [2021]
flute, Bb clarinet, piano — commissioned by Palisades Virtuosi
Bogota, NJ
String Quartet No.1 On Việt Themes [2018]
string quartet — commissioned by Musaica
New Orleans, LA
ORCHESTRA
TBD [2025]
commissioned by the Contemporary Youth Orchestra and New Music USA
Cleveland, OH
evening in the village [2024]
commissioned by the Allen Philharmonic
Allen, TX
#pay2play [2022]
recorded by Vladimir Podgoretsky and the Moscow Metropolitan Orchestra
Moscow, RUS
seeing clouds reflecting in the lake [2022]
premiered by Derek Weagle and the Queer Urban Orchestra
New York, NY
CHORAL
COLOR ALL MAPS NEW [2025]
SSAATBB, soloists
poetry by Jack Belsom
International Consoritum
beautiful out here [2022]
SATB
text by Dr. Meg Frazier
commissioned by Opus Vocal Ensemble for LA-ACDA
New Orleans, LA
dear heart, [2020]
SATB
poetry by Mark Twain
premiered by Dr. Felix Grahama and TRANScend
New Orleans, LA
A Soldier’s Grave [2019]
SSATBB, soloists
poetry by Cln. Newton Gale Bush
recorded by Dr. Brett Scott and Coro Volante for ABLAZE Records
Cincinnati, OH
Tupelo Poems [2017]
SATB, opt. soloist
poetry by Connor Egan
premiered by Connor Scott and the Choral Arts Initiative
Newport Beach, LA
OPERA and ART SONG
Ba— poems from Ocean [2022]
poetry by Ocean Vuong
voice and piano — commissioned by Dr. André Chiang and UNLV
Las Vegas, NV
My Life After Corona [2020]
poetry by Chiruza Muhimuzi
voice, cello, and piano —
commissioned by White Snake Project
Boston, MA
Cura Personalis: Embracing Our New Selves [2020]
poetry by Jerre Dye
voice a capella — commissioned by the Loyola University Opera Theater
New Orleans, LA
Song of Solomon [2020]
Libretto by Dylan Trần
socially distanced opera/oratorio — excerpted performance by the New Orleans Opera in 2021
New Orleans, LA
Two Summer Loves [2020]
poetry by Dylan Trần
voice and guitar — recorded by Haley Whitney and Dylan Trần
New Orleans, LA
Rapunzel and the Four (Over)Eager Princes [2016]
libretto by Dylan Trần
6 funny singers and piano — commissioned by the Loyola University Opera Theater
New Orleans, LA