About Me

Origins, Studies, Influences

I’m a half Asian-half caucasian American contemporary classical composer and performer. Born and raised in Colorado, studied in Utah, and currently based near Los Angeles. I’m classically trained in violin, piano, voice, and electronics and my musical influences stem from minimalism, musique concrete, and 20th century compositional techniques.

I studied under composers Neil Thornock, Christian Asplund, Micheal Hicks, and Sam Richards and graduated at Brigham Young University.

I did a music business internship in Estonia where I got to do work for Peeter Vähi and Arvo Pärt doing sound engineering and archival work.

About the Music

Improvisation and Collaboration

Lately, I’ve been improvising along with classical/jazz clarinetist, Spencer Danielson, and percussionist, Alex Williams, to create some unique improvisations. Albums with names such as Daxer or Dancer are blends of the names of the different improvisers.

I also have a passion for interdisciplinary collaborations with physicists, poets, computer scientists, and dancers. For example, in the piece Gravity – Live, the piece was performed live with a cello center stage and the other revolving around it and the double stops the cello is playing matches the gravitational constant.

For some time, my interest was in video game music composition, but I transitioned to a much more introspective and free approach to music composition. Though, there are still some tracks I’m proud to share 😀