original compositions for solo performer, chamber group, or large ensemble:

• "tambour brutale" (2014)
  for solo timpani and soundtrack
  
  commissioned by percussionist morgan minor

• "nu-timba" (2014)
  for solo multi-percussion and soundtrack
  
  commissioned by percussionist alex hisle

• "sweetly turning sour" (2012)
  for bassoon duet and inconsiderate audience
  
  commissioned by professor bill jobert and bassoonist nora snow, the piece includes a small ensemble planted in the audience to perform orchestrated interruptions

• "three or maybe four?" (2012)
  for percussion trio and soundtrack
  
  commissioned by percussionist colleen schabell

• "festival of light" (2011)
  for concert band
  
  a medley of traditional chanukah music, commissioned by the boone county high school wind ensemble.

• "return of the son of leroy salisbury" (2010)
  for solo multi-percussion and soundtrack
  
  written for my senior percussion recital at northern kentucky university, and dedicated to my old bassett hound, leroy.