Opera and Vocal Music

In recent years I have focused largely on writing for the classical trained voice, as represented in my songs, and operas. My operatic style blends expansive lyricism, and melodrama with electronic sounds, noise, and colorful harmonies. The subject matters tend to center around a larger discussion of the current failures of modern society. 

In my first opera “La Reina”, I explore the savagely violent world of drug trafficking, through the eyes of a victim who evolves to become the victimizer: violence only breeds more violence. In “I Am A Dreamer”, I explore the complicated emotional relationships between immigrants as they struggle to find a place that they can call home, trapped between worlds that reject them for exploring their identities. In “Monkey”, the search for knowledge and spirituality becomes the backdrop for a fantastic quest rooted in Buddhist legends and mysticism. Self-sacrifice, friendship, and community become the redeeming qualities of the characters, who defeat the forces of darkness, power, and gluttony.